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Portrait Berliner Bankier Joel Samuel von Halle

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1850

unspecified

From the collection of Art Collection of the University Göttingen

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Portrait Berliner Bankier Joel Samuel von Halle is a 1850 unspecified by Unknown, held at Art Collection of the University Göttingen.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1850
Where can I see it?: Art Collection of the University Göttingen

About this work

The painting shows a man sitting in a room. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The artist paid attention to the details of his face and clothes. The man in the painting is Joel Samuel von Halle, a banker from Berlin. This tells us the painting is a portrait of a specific person, not just a random figure. To learn more about portraits like this, look into the technique of sfumato.