Maurice GOTTLIEB (1856-1879), Recha, 1877 Scene from "Natan the Wise," a drama by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

oil, canvas pasted on cardboard; 29 x 20 cm;
Signed p. d.: M. G.
Provenance:
- Sotheby's auction house, Jerusalem, May 1985
- Collection of Jacob and Asei Furman, Santiago, Chile
- MatsArt Auctioneers & Appraisers, November 2008
- Louiza Auktion, Brussels, June and December 2012
- MatsArt Auctioneers & Appraisers Jerusalem, January 2014
- private collection, Poland

Exhibited at:
- The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, May-July 1991
- The National Museum in Warsaw, August - October 1991

Described and reproduced:
- Karol Bernhaut, "Maurycy Gottlieb. 1856-1879. 39 Reproductions of the
artist's paints", Tel-Aviv 1961, plate 60.
- Nehama Guralnik, "In the Flower of Youth. Maurycy Gotlieb 1856-1879", [exhibition cat.; V - VII 1991], Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, National Museum in Warsaw, Tel-Aviv 1991, p. 155, cat. no. 29
- Jerzy Malinowski, "Maurycy Gottlieb 1856-1878", exhibition catalog, National Museum in Warsaw, VIII - X 1991, p. nlb., cat. no. 22
- Jacobo Furman, "Treasures of Jewish Art: From the Jacobo and Asea Furman Collection of Judaica", New York 1998, p. 263
- Jerzy Malinowski, "Maurycy Gotlieb - Welcome...,". D.A. Agra-Art, Warsaw 1999, p. nlb., il. nlb. 9

Attached to the painting is a confirmation of authenticity issued by the Art-Konsultant Agency of Adam Konopacki.