Joseph Joachim by Hanfstaengl’s Kunstverlag, Munich
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© 2021 Please acknowledge the source: Joseph Joachim — Biography and Research: http://www.josephjoachim.com
Do you have any idea when the picture dates from?
The photo is undated. It could be from the 1870s or early ’80s.
I have read that the (Napoleonic) hand-inside-jacket pose is one of the freemasonic identity signals. Was JJ, to your knowledge, a freemason?
Thank you.
It’s possible. I remember, about 20 years ago or so, talking in Göttingen with the daughter of Joachim’s grandson, and she told me they had found some Masonic materials in his possessions. She didn’t have any further information about it, and didn’t know for sure that he was a freemason. But it’s suggestive… Thanks for this comment! RWE