tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post1651679772178689843..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: When did they have time to sit for these portraits?Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-77856284167117138402010-02-04T12:51:11.615-05:002010-02-04T12:51:11.615-05:00You mean this Baal Shem Tov portrait?
It's a ...You mean <a href="http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2009/03/cecil-roths-eltere-zeide-in-law-londons.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> Baal Shem Tov portrait?<br /><br />It's a painting of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal_Shem_of_London" rel="nofollow">Baal Shem of London</a>.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-32456634255639851612010-02-04T12:34:47.490-05:002010-02-04T12:34:47.490-05:00From what I understand about that Baal Shem Tov po...From what I understand about that Baal Shem Tov portrait, it's actually of a fifteenth century Spanish rabbi, and he didn't have a hooked nose.הצעיר שלמה בן רפאל לבית שריקי ס"טhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835340110056405173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-91738434299039203402010-01-18T03:11:32.026-05:002010-01-18T03:11:32.026-05:00True, but maybe the artist himself had a hooked no...True, but maybe the artist himself had a hooked nose. (See artscholar.org to see what I mean.)<br />--PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-75327986462325679632010-01-14T20:04:20.329-05:002010-01-14T20:04:20.329-05:00Note that all of the portraits depict physiognomie...Note that all of the portraits depict physiognomies with hooked noses. Rather disturbing.TJnoreply@blogger.com