Auction 72 · Lot 14
Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $1,600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
WORMSER, YITZCHAK ARYEH ZEKEL LEIB (BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT).
Place
Germany, early 19th-century
Description
Lithography by Simon fils of Strasbourg. Stained, repair along left margin.
summary
Yitzchak Aryeh Zekel Leib Wormser (1768-1847) was celebrated as the Baal Shem of Michelstadt due to his reputation as a master of occult powers and who rigorously followed an ascetic, Chassidic way of life.
7 x 6 inches image size (11 x 9 leaf size).
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