Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.71.699 |
Object Name |
Pastel |
Description |
Black and white print; portrait of a woman, likely Dorothea Hirsch, looking directly at the artist and wearing a fur stole. |
Artist |
Hermann Hirsch |
Provenance |
Hermann Hirsch (b. June 4, 1861, d. March 1, 1934) was a German-Jewish painter known for his portraits and landscapes. Hirsch studied at The Academy of Arts of Berlin starting in 1881. His last known painting was completed in 1933. Hirsch committed suicide the following year on March 1. The date Dec 1910 is written on the front right corner. Ruth Shapiro, Executrix of Miss Hirt's estate writes, "This is Dora, aka Dorothea Schwabach Hirsch, mother of Susanne and Margarete, the second wife of Joseph." This work was included in the estate inherited by the Virginia Holocaust Museum from Susanne B. Hirt, paternal niece of Hermann Hirsch. |
Relation |
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