Young Rabbi from N.

Isidor Kaufmann (1854 - 1921)

Tate Collection

circa 1910

This work depicts the half-length seated figure of a Jewish teacher, almost full face, with a brown beard and moustache. He is dressed in a black coat, white shirt and dark-brown fur cap. In the background is a light-brown embroidered cloth bearing a decorative panel embroidered in blue, gold and pink. A reddish-brown strip above bears an inscription in Hebrew.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: 38 x 81 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1929
• Presented by Viscount Bearsted through The Art Fund

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