Moritz Daniel Oppenheim 1800-1882

Collection Lüderitz, Berlin, 1845
Dr. Albert Sondheimer
By descent to the present owner

 

Hannover, Kunstverein, 1845
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunst- und Industrie-Ausstellung, 1864, no. 265
New York, Yeshiva University Museum, Ashkenaz, The German Jewish Heritage, 1988
Frankfurt, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Jewish Identity in 19th Century Art, December 16, 1999-April 2, 2000

Ruth Dröse, Der Zyklus "Bilder aus dem altjüdischen Familienleben" und sein Maler Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Hanau, 1996
G. Heuberger and A. Merk, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Jewish Identity in 19th Century Art, Frankfurt, 1999, no. VI. 8, p. 282, illustrated

The sheet is composed of two pieces of paper joined circa 2 inches from the top edge and laid down on a cradled panel. A small vertical repair can be seen at center of upper edge, otherwise, work is in good condition. Very dark surface. Under UV light: opaque varnish is covering the surface; a few areas have been tentatively cleaned, leaving the varnish slightly smudged.
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A preliminary sketch of this work from 1842 can be found in a sketchbook in the collection of the Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Düsseldorf. Oppenheim painted two more versions of this subject: the first, a grisaille from 1866, now in the collection of the Jewish Museum, New York, and a later one in 1871, currently in the collection of Ernest and Erika Michael, Seattle.