Lot 157: Luis Sevilla 19th Century , The Talmudists oil on panel

signed lower right oil on panel

measurements 10 1/8 by 8 1/8 in. alternate measurements 26 by 21 cm.

Painted circa 1900.
Sevilla was a distinguished academic painter who produced a handful of Jewish subjects, mostly individual portraits rather than genre scenes. The present work was clearly influenced by his contemporary Isidor Kaufmann in style, motif and in the animation of the figures.