Obj. ID: 53980
Sacred and Ritual Objects  Mazal Tov, Budapest, circa 1925

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

The amulet is another micrographic work by Tzvi Hirsch Samuel of Maros Vasarhely, another of which is in the Gross Family Collection. The portrait in this technique in the center is of Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld of Mattersdorf, known by the name of "Chatan Sofer" and the grandson of the Chatam Sofer. He was the head of the Rabbinical Court in that town.  He was born in 1835 and died in Vienna in 1883. The amulet is to be hung in the room to protect both mother and child. Tzvi Hirsch did other micrographic works as well, including a Mizrach/Shiviti in the Gross Family Collection and another work in the David Stern collection in Philadelphia. Apparently, three different Rabbinical portrait amulets were printed, two of which are in the Gross Family Collection, the other being 027.011.693.

Subject of Portrait:   Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld