The collector believes this portrait of a rabbi to be among the finest by Kolosvary offered at auction since 1991, the year in which Artprice.com began reporting sales results for this artist. According to a number of online databases, respectable prices are often achieved for portraits of rabbis, although few are as good or as interesting as the present lot. See below for a relatively recent Koloszvary study of a seated rabbi reading a book, which brought $3,008 (and is of a similar size relative to the present lot). In the present case, though, the rabbi is presented half-length, facing the viewer, and is carrying a sumptuous torah.

Title/Subject: Portrait de Rabbin, signed. Oil on wood panel. 8 ¼ in. x 7 5/8 in. Sold for $3,008 on 3/09/2011 at Hotel de Ventes de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland.