Bust sculpture of the Chief Rabbi of France Salomon ULMANN in rabbinical garb with the Legion of Honor. He wears glasses and a skullcap. The bust stands on a round foot with a doucine, on a stepped plinth. Inscription on base: ULMANN Gd Rabbin de France du Consistoire Central. Bronze, circa 1860. Height: 20.5 cm Small crack at the back of the bronze. Salomon ULMANN (Saverne, Bas-Rhin, February 25, 1806 - Paris, May 5, 1865) was Grand Rabbi of France between 1853 and 1865. He had previously been rabbi of Lauterbourg (Bas-Rhin), then grand-rabbi of Nancy. Comparable works: An identical copy is in the M.A.H.J. under inventory number: Inv.94.31.002. Another was sold by Ader, sale March 21, 2018, lot 383. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba