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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Elkan Reutlinger ; circa 1810

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 27.56" x 22.05" ; 70 x 56 cm

  • Date

    undated

  • Notes

    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.

  • Summary

    The portrait depicts a half-length view of a young man, wearing a blue coat, and a landscape in the background.

  • Depicted

    Reutlinger, Elkan, 1769-1818

  • Subject

    Nineteenth century; Court Jews; Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Zur Geschichte der Familie Bielefeld, AR 4269

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Elkan Reutlinger (1767-1818) was a Court Jew in Karlsruhe, who served the local aristocracy as a banker and purveyor of goods. When the Jewish congregation of Baden was officially established on May 30, 1809, the Grand Duke appointed Elkan Reutlinger as its first director in a solemn act in the Karlsruhe synagogue. Elkan Reutlinger (related to Loeb Ettlinger?) died on November 15, 1818. His descendants were wealthy residents of Karlsruhe, and their palatial home on Erbprinzenstrasse was a well-known city landmark in the following century.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Elkan Reutlinger ; circa 1810, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.53.