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Portrait of Aaron Rodriguez Rivera
Unknown Artist/Maker1825-30
The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States
A profile miniature of a member of the Rivera, a distinguished Sephardic family of Newport, Rhode Island.
Little is known of Aaron Rodriguez Rivera (1793-1838). He lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, for most of his adult life. Descended from Abraham Rodriguez de Rivera (d. 1765) who had fled the Portuguese Inquisition and founded families in New York and Newport, he was named for his maternal grandfather, the wealthy Newport merchant and trader, Aaron Lopez.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Aaron Rodriguez Rivera
- Creator: Unknown Artist/Maker
- Date Created: 1825-30
- Location: Newport, United States, North and Central America
- Physical Dimensions: 3 5/16 × 2 5/8 in. (8.4 × 6.7 cm)
- Type: Works on Paper
- Rights: https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#terms-conditions
- External Link: View this object at thejewishmuseum.org
- Medium: Watercolor on parchment
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