Portrait of Isaac, a Karaite Jew from Hasköy near Constantinople

The subject of the portrait is interesting because the Karaite Jews had broken away from the main body of orthodox Jewry as early as the 8th century AD.

This portrait is of Isaac, a Karaite Jew from Hasköy near Constantinople. It's a watercolour piece created in 1852.

The subject of the portrait is interesting because the Karaite Jews had broken away from the main body of orthodox Jewry as early as the 8th century AD. They had settled in Constantinople and later in Hasköy.

To learn more about the style and technique used in this portrait, look up the movement: Realism.

The portrait depicts Isaac, a member of the Karaite Jewish community from Hasköy near Constantinople, painted by Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymondus Andreas (5th Count Preziosi) in 1852. The Karaites, a sect that separated from mainstream Judaism in the 8th century, had settled in Constantinople by the 10th century before being relocated to Hasköy following a fire in 1660. The painting is part of a collection of 31 portraits acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1900, originally compiled into an album of unknown provenance.