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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Michael Gernsheim

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : pastel on canvas ; 16.5" x 13.5" ; 41.9 x 35 cm

  • Date

    late 18th cent

  • Summary

    The painting shows an older man in profile dressed in colorful clerical garb. His upper lip is clean-shaven, but he wears a beard along the jaw-line.

  • Depicted

    Gernsheim, Michael, ca. 1705-1792

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Pastels; Paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Michael Gernsheim was considered the last "Jewish Bishop" of Worms, a lay title going back to the reign of Henry IV in 1090. He was also the founder of his family's prominent leather firm.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Michael Gernsheim, Leo Baeck Institute, 99.20.