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Portrait of Aaron Rodriguez Rivera

Unknown Artist/Maker

Portrait of Aaron Rodriguez Rivera, 1825-30

  • Watercolor on parchment
  • 3 5/16 x 2 5/8 in. (8.4 x 6.7 cm)
  • The Jewish Museum, New York
  • Gift of Beverly and Arnold Franco, JM 8-79

Not on view

Keywords: historical , portrait

Collection Area: Works on Paper

More information

A profile miniature of a member of the Rivera, a distinguished Sephardic family of Newport, Rhode Island.

Little is known of Aaron Rodriguez Rivera (1793-1838). He lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, for most of his adult life. Descended from Abraham Rodriguez de Rivera (d. 1765) who had fled the Portuguese Inquisition and founded families in New York and Newport, he was named for his maternal grandfather, the wealthy Newport merchant and trader, Aaron Lopez.

Published References: Brilliant, Richard. FACING THE NEW WORLD: JEWISH PORTRAITS IN COLONIAL AND FEDERAL AMERICA. New York: Prestel, 1997, p. 56.

This information may change as the result of ongoing research