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KAUFMANN, ISIDOR. Portrait of a Hassidic Rabbi. Oil on panel. Signed by artist in black lower left. Housed in elaborate rococo gilt Viennese frame. Contemporary German labels on verso of panel and of frame. 4.5 x 5.5 inches (11.7 x 13.6 cm). The most outstanding of all Jewish portrait artists. Provenance: Blavignac Auctions (Geneva), 20th September, 2009, lot 464. For a similar portrait, see Catalogue of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Isidor Kaufmann (1995) pp. 272-3; and Kestenbaum & Company, Judaica Sale 67, Lot 7 (hammer-price: $210,000). The most outstanding of all Jewish portrait artists. Provenance: Blavignac Auctions (Geneva), 20th September, 2009, lot 464. For a similar portrait, see Catalogue of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Isidor Kaufmann (1995) pp. 272-3; and Kestenbaum & Company, Judaica Sale 67, Lot 7 (hammer-price: $210,000).