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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Esther Neustettel-Neuhaus Bechmann

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 11" x 9.5", 28 cm x 24 cm, + frame (15.5" x 14")

  • Date

    mid 19th century

  • Notes

    Name of sitter is written in pencil on the back of the canvas stretcher bar.

  • Summary

    Portrait shows a middle aged woman wearing lace bonnet and collar, with a gold necklace and brooch. Her dress is black, and she has dark hair and blue eyes. The painting is in an ornate gold frame with floral decorations.

  • Depicted

    Bechmann, Esther Neustettel-Neuhaus

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Rahn Family Collection, AR 25538

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Esther Neustettel-Neuhaus Bechmann (1780-1859) lived in Fuerth, Germany. She married Nathan Hirsch Bechhofer Bechmann (1780-1859) and had eight children.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Esther Neustettel-Neuhaus Bechmann, Leo Baeck Institute, 2023.05.