Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Portrait of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Löwenstam – Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Community in Amsterdam, 1815
Portrait of R. Yaakov Moshe son of R. Shaul Löwenstam. Engraving by an unknown artist, [Amsterdam, 1815].
Portrait of R. Löwenstam, set on a large gravestone, with a willow tree in the background. Two mourning figures, a felled tree and a putto bearing a funeral wreath are depicted around the gravestone. Hebrew caption on the gravestone: "Portrait of… R. Yaakov Moshe son of R. Shaul, rabbi and dean of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam…", followed by a rhyming poem in his memory.
R. Yaakov Moshe Löwenstam (1744–1815), rabbi of Amsterdam from 1793, in place of his father R. Shaul Rabbi of Amsterdam (1717–1790).
29X21 cm. Overall good condition. Minor stains. Minor tears. Tear, professionally restored. Tape repairs to upper margin, on verso.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.015.