Lot 248: JEREMIAS DAVID ALEXANDER FIORINO 1797-1847

signed with monogram

PORTRAIT OF A GERMAN JEWISH WOMAN

5 1/2 by 4 in. (14 by 10 cm)

pencil and watercolor on paper

PROPERTY OF DANIEL M. FRIEDENBERG

Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 13, 1967, lot 100

Fiorino, trained as a porcelain painter, decorated a Meissen service for the Saxon royal family. Eventually, extending his artistic endeavors, he established himself as a leading miniature painter and portraitist, leading to his appointment as a court painter at Dresden. Cecil Roth describes Fiorino as 'one of the most brilliant miniaturists of his day' and 'the most distinguished of the Jewish artists of this circle' (Jewish Art, An Illustrated History, New York, Toronto, London, col. 526).