Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Portrait of the Gaon of Vilna – Large Color Lithograph
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Portrait of the Gaon of Vilna – large color lithograph. Germany, [early 20th century].
The Gaon of Vilna is seen seated at his desk, wrapped in a tallit, holding a book in one hand and writing with a feather on a paper laid out before him.
The inscription reads: "The Gaon R. Eliyahu of Vilna… author of Shenot Eliyahu, born 1st day of Pesach 1725, d. 19th Tishrei 1794".
Approx. 38.5X51 cm. Good condition. Creases. Tears to margins. Framed; unexamined out of frame.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
The Gaon of Vilna is seen seated at his desk, wrapped in a tallit, holding a book in one hand and writing with a feather on a paper laid out before him.
The inscription reads: "The Gaon R. Eliyahu of Vilna… author of Shenot Eliyahu, born 1st day of Pesach 1725, d. 19th Tishrei 1794".
Approx. 38.5X51 cm. Good condition. Creases. Tears to margins. Framed; unexamined out of frame.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Portraits of the Gaon of Vilna
Portraits of the Gaon of Vilna