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  • Portrait of Salomon Heine

  • Speckter, Otto

  • Physical Description

    1 print : lithograph, black and white

  • Date

    1842

  • Notes

    Inscription below: "Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an Salomon Heine" [In fond remembrance of Salomon Heine].

  • Summary

    An older gentleman sits in a chair on a balcony with a landscape in the backround. His legs are crossed and he holds a cane, hat, and glove in his hands. A flower is pinned to the lapel of his coat.

  • Depicted

    Heine, Salomon, 1767-1844

  • Subject

    Hats; Staffs (Sticks); Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Prints; Lithographs

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Biographical Information

Salomon Heine was the uncle and patron of Heinrich Heine. Born in Hanover, he was a wealthy banker, often compared to the Rothschilds. After the Great Fire of 1842 he helped fund the rebuilding of the city of Hamburg.

Otto Speckter (1807-1871) was a German illustrator and print-maker. He is best known for his illustrations of children's literature.

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Citation

Speckter, Otto: Portrait of Salomon Heine, Leo Baeck Institute Art and Objects Collection, 68.7.

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