Isidor Kaufmann’s portraits of devout Jews convey aspects of their traditions. Here the sitter’s fur-trimmed hat, or shtreimel, and prayer shawl, or tallit, indicate his orthodoxy. For Kaufmann and his secular patrons (Jews and non-Jews alike), these portraits served a dual purpose. Hung in well-appointed parlors, they enhanced the social status of the paintings’ owners and Kaufmann’s prestige as a painter. The images also connected to Jewish heritage, linking the cosmopolitan world of acculturated Viennese Jews to a traditional lifestyle that endured outside the capital.