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    Artist

  • Fischer, Carl, lithographer

    • Title

  • Portrait of Leopold Zunz (1794-1886)

  • Physical Description

    1 print : lithograph ; 15 x 12 in. ; 38.2 x 31 cm

  • Date

    circa 1864

  • Place of Publication

    Berlin

  • Publisher

    M. Poppelauer's Buchhandlung

  • Notes

    Names of lithographer, printer, and publisher printed at the bottom of the lithograph: Lith. v. C. Fischer. Eigenthum u. Verlag v. M. Poppelauer's Buchhandlung, Berlin Neue Friedrichsstr. 61. Druck v. W. Korn & Co. in Berlin.

    Inscriptions: Dr. L. Zunz. Zur Feier seines 70ten Geburtstages 10 August 1864. Ächte Wissenschaft ist thatenzeugend. Zunz [Translation: Dr. L. Zunz. On occassion of his 70th birthday, August 10, 1864. Genuine scholarship is generative. Zunz]

  • Summary

    The lithograph depicts Leopold Zunz around his 70th birthday. He is featured in a suit with fingers of his right hand tucked between the buttons.

  • Depicted

    Zunz, Leopold, 1794-1886

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits; Nineteenth century

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Lithographs; Prints

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Biographical/Historical Information

Leopold Zunz (1794-1886) was a Jewish historian and co-founder of the Wissenschaft des Judentums. He was a favorite pupil and later friend of Samuel Ehrenberg. Wissenschaft des Judentums was a movement for the academic study of Jewish texts and culture, established around 1819.

The lithographer Carl Fischer was mainly active between 1830 and 1860.

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Citation

Fischer, Carl: Portrait of Leopold Zunz (1794-1886), Leo Baeck Institute, 78.426.