Artist: Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
Date: 1814
Size: 98 x 83 cm
Museum: The Jewish Museum (New York, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
Moritz Oppenheim’s life and work epitomize German Jewry’s journey from traditional life to modernity. Born in the ghetto of Hanau, he studied academic painting, an opportunity previously unavailable to Jews. As a portrait painter in Frankfurt, he received commissions from both Jews and non-Jews and enjoyed the patronage of the Rothschilds. In this work, one of the earliest self-portraits by a Jewish artist, a young Oppenheim depicts himself proudly holding his palette, a vivid testimony to the emergence of Jewish artists during the 19th century.
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