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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • [Portrait of David Löwenherz in Formal Dress with Medals]

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 38.5" x 26.75" ; 98 cm x 68 cm +, frame (46" x 34")

  • Place of Publication

    1915.

  • Notes

    illegible signature in bottom right corner

  • Summary

    Portrait subject is in formal dress with five medals pinned to his lapel and jacket and around his neck. Some of the medals may have military origins. The subject wears pince-nez style eyeglasses and two rings on his left hand. He has neatly combed hair and a mustache. He stands upright and leans his right arm against a table that has books on it. The subject clutches white gloves in his left hand.

  • Depicted

    Lowenherz, David

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Eva Lowenherz collection, AR 25759

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

David Löwenherz was a business man from Coburg, Germany. He was married to Clara Löwenherz and had three sons: Max, Walter, and Heinz.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: [Portrait of David Löwenherz in Formal Dress with Medals], Leo Baeck Institute, 2017.22.