Portrait of Ephraim Bueno, Physician

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Portrait of Ephraim Bueno, Physician, 1647

Etching and drypoint on paper
8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (21.6 x 18.4 cm)
The Jewish Museum, New York
Gift of Leo Wallerstein, JM 93-52

Not on view

Keywords: Baroque , historical , portrait

Collection Area: Works on Paper

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Physician and poet Ephraim Hezekiah Bueno (1599-1665), also known as Bonus, descended from a prominent family of Marranos living in Amsterdam. Like his father, he had studied medicine in Bordeaux. A friend and collaborator of Manasseh ben Israel, Bueno copublished the first Hebrew book in Amsterdam in 1627 on Manasseh's press.

Prior to this etching portraying Bueno as a fashionably dressed, reflective man, Rembrandt made a preliminary bust-length portrait in oil.

Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, New York, PORTRAITS ON PAPER: A SAMPLING FROM THE COLLECTION, November 18, 2001- February 10, 2002.

Published References: Jewish Museum. THE JEWISH MUSEUM AT 75. Commemorative album. New York: The Jewish Museum, New York, 1979.

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