Lajos Kolozsváry, Three Rabbis Playing Chess, circa 1900

Signed at lower left

Oil on canvas

32 1/4 x 23 5/8 in. (82 x 60 cm)

Inv. no. ab_5097

Hungarian painter Lajos Kolozsváry (1871–1937) was born in Budapest and studied under Christian Ludwig Griepenkerl (1839–1916) and August Eisenmenger (1830–1907) at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien). He is best known for his genre scenes of Jewish scholars and rabbis.