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    Artist

  • Hecht, Victor David, 1873-1931

    • Title

  • [Portrait of Harriet Lehman Weil]

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 24.5 in x 20 in, 62.2 cm x 50.8 cm., + frame (34.5 in x 30.5 in)

  • Date

    1902

  • Notes

    Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right-hand corner. Also written in the corner is the location Long Branch. This is in reference to the sitter's summer home at 55 Pearl Street, Long Branch, New Jersey.

  • Summary

    Painting depicts the sitter as a middle aged woman. She faces forward and is partly cast in shadow. She wears a black dress pinned with a lace handkerchief. Her hair is pulled back.

  • Depicted

    Lehman Weil, Harriet

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Harriet (or Henriette) Lehman was born in Montgomery, AL on December 29, 1854. She is the daughter of Henry (Hayum) Lehman, one of the founders of the prominent Lehman Brothers banking firm. Harriet married Moses Weil in September 15, 1875 in New York, NY. She had four children: Blanche, Henry, Hannah, and Elsie. Harriet died in New York on December 21, 1925.

Victor David Hecht was born in Paris in 1873. He studied at the Art Student's League in New York and at the Académie Julian in Paris under Lefebvre and Robert-Fleury. During his life, he had exhibits across Europe and the United States. He died in New York in 1931.

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Hecht, Victor David: [Portrait of Harriet Lehman Weil], Leo Baeck Institute, 2019.40.