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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • [Portrait of Carolina Levy]

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : paint on photographic print ; 10 5/8" x 9 1/8" ; 27 cm x 23 cm +, + oval frame (13" x 11.5")

  • Place of Publication

    mid 19th century

  • Notes

    note written on the back of the frame indicates biography of the sitter. The note is difficult to read, however.

  • Summary

    Portrait of Carolina Levy taken when she was in middle age. The sitter wears a black dress with white collar and a lace bonnet over her hair. She also wears a long gold necklace. She faces the viewer directly and places one arm on a nearby table.

  • Depicted

    Levy, Carolina, LBI

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Behrendt Sieverts family collection, AR 25747

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Caroline Levy was born on October 11, 1801. She married Moritz Meyer on September 12, 1827. She died on January 23, 1860. More about the sitter will be determined as the archival collection is processed.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: [Portrait of Carolina Levy], Leo Baeck Institute, 2018.69.