A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt

Accession Number
1949/1.70

Title
A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt

Artist(s)
Augustus John

Artist Nationality
British (modern)

Object Creation Date
1906

Medium & Support
etching on paper

Dimensions
5 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in (14 cm x 10 cm);19 in x 14 in (48.3 cm x 35.5 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Carl Fredric Clarke

Subject matter
A Jewish Rabbi studies at a table. Augustus John did many portraits of a wide variety of figures.

Physical Description
A bearded man sits reading. He is adorned in thick robes with a large cloth headress. He sits at a table that is covered in cloth.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Jewish clergy
Judaism
rabbis
studying

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