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Photography by Dwight Primiano
Richa Franks
Photography by Dwight Primiano

Richa Franks

Dateca. 1735
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions44 13/16 x 35 11/16 in. (113.8 x 90.6 cm)
Framed: 51 3/4 in. × 42 3/8 in. × 3 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.11
Accession number 2005.11
On View
On view
Provenancecommissioned by the Franks Family; by descent to Captain Naphtali Taylor Phillips [1868-1955], by 1896; given to American Jewish Historical Society, 1952; to (Sotheby's Inc., New York, NY), 2005; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextRicha Franks was the daughter of Abigail Levy and Jacob Franks, who lived in eighteenth century New York City as prominent members of a small, but important, Jewish community. This portrait, along with the others depicting family members (on view in a nearby gallery), is among the earliest examples of Jewish portraiture in Colonial America.

Óleo sobre lienzo Richa Franks era la hija de Abigail Levy y Jacob Franks, quienes vivían en la ciudad de Nueva York en el siglo XVIII como miembros prominentes de una pequeña, pero importante comunidad judía. Este retrato, junto con los otros que representan miembros de la familia (expuestos en una galería cercana), es uno de los primeros ejemplos del retrato judío en Norteamérica colonial.
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