Etched portrait of a Jewish businessman, Levy Baronet Cohen
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
Creator(s)
- Thomas McLean (Publisher)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Richard Dighton (Artist)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Handcolored etching on paper removed from a publication. It depicts a man standing in left facing profile, his feet slightly separated, holding a pencil and folded papers or a small book in front of his protruding stomach. He has short, white hair with a small pigtail at the back and a fleshy face with stereotypical Jewish features: thick eyebrows, hooded eyes, and a large, pointed nose. He wears a black top hat with a short, blue jacket buttoned over a knee-length, blue tailcoat and tall, black boots. His clothing is heavily shaded with cross-hatching. He stands on rectangular, gray paving stones with a low, arched shadow behind him and the title and 2 lines of publication information printed to the left. There are handwritten markings on the back.
back, center, pencil : MR COHEN / [LEVY BARENT COHEN] ? / Ruben 686
Genre
- Art
- Object