Portrait of Isaac, a Karaite Jew from Hasköy near Constantinople

Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas Preziosi

1852

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism orientalism Realism Early 19th Century Portrait

About this work

This portrait is of Isaac, a Karaite Jew from Hasköy near Constantinople. It's a watercolour piece created in 1852. The subject of the portrait is interesting because the Karaite Jews had broken away from the main body of orthodox Jewry as early as the 8th century AD. They had settled in Constantinople and later in Hasköy. To learn more about the style and technique used in this portrait, look up the movement: Realism.