- Attributed to:
- Gotthelf Leberecht Glaeser
- Bio:
- German, 1784-1851
- Title:
- Portrait of Henrietta Reiss Levisthal
- Date:
- c. 1830
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 21 × 17 15/16 in. (53.3 × 45.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Monica Waldeck Stone
- Accession Number:
- 2002-19
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Family portraits were popular during the Biedermeier period, reflecting the elevated social position attained by the growing German bourgeoisie in the early 19th century. This portrait is part of a group of five portraits depicting members of a Frankfurt Jewish family. The son of a Weimar Court Jew, Herz Elias Reiss (1776-1831) married his niece Adelheid, with whom he had three children, Gottfried Reiss, Elizabeth Reiss Schwarzchild, and Henrietta Reiss Levisthal, seen here.
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