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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Hirsch Kurtzig

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 75.6 x 65 cm ; 29.75 x 25.5 in. +, + frame (86 x 76 cm)

  • Date

    Between 1830 and 1839

  • Notes

    Companion to 77.37a.

  • Summary

    Portrait of middle-aged man wearing a dark coat and vest. Pinned below his cravat are two diamond-shaped studs.

  • Depicted

    Kurtzig, Hirsch

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits; Studs (jewelry)

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Hirsch Kurtzig was wealthy wool merchant and cantor born in Rakwitz, East Prussia (now Rakoniewice, Poland).

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Hirsch Kurtzig, Leo Baeck Institute, 77.37b.