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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Loeb Bielefeld (1776-1855) ; circa 1825

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 67 x 53 cm

  • Date

    undated

  • Notes

    Title devised by cataloger

    5 original portrait-paintings of the Ettlinger-Bielefeld family in the LBI Art and Objects collection include: Abraham Ettlinger (1726-1811) – 78.50 ; his daughter Fanny Bielefeld née Ettlinger (1774-1871) - 78.51a , and her husband Loeb Bielefeld (1776-1885) - 78.51b ; as well as their daughter Rebecca Bielefeld (1801-1833) - 78.52. Also included is an original portrait-painting of Elkan Reutlinger (1769-1818) - 78.53.

  • Depicted

    Bielefeld, Loeb, 1776-1885

  • Subject

    Jewish businesspeople, Germany, Karlsruhe, Portraits; Nineteenth century

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Zur Geschichte der Familie Bielefeld, AR 4269

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Biographical/Historical Information

The businessman and military purveyor Loeb Bielefeld was born in Deutz, Colgne in 1776. The Bielefelds were a family of merchants and financiers. Loeb Bielefeld and his family lived in Karlsruhe, while other members of the family settled over a wide area, including France.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Loeb Bielefeld (1776-1855) ; circa 1825, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.51b.