Sally (Salomon) Ruben Henriques (14 November 1815 – 29 April 1886) was a

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painter. He was born and died in

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and portrayed the city in his pictures.

Biography

Sally Henriques was born on 14 November 1815 into a

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family. His parents were Ruben Henriques, a merchant and stock broker, and Jorika (Jeruchim) Melchior. Twenty years old, after three years of training in a business office, he decided to pursuit a career in painting. His two younger brothers, Samuel and Nathan, also painted. He was accepted into the

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in 1836 with a letter of recommendation from

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, a leading architect of the time, and in 1837 he advanced to the Model School but never attended. Instead he studied at the private painting schools of

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and

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. He exhibited at Charlottenborg between 1840 and 1844 and various other exhibitions around Copenhagen but never achieved commercial success as a painter. Instead he set up a business as a

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before taking over an antique shop after his brother Samuel in 1849.

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Biography

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