Portrait of Menachem Vivante

Silver pitcher with floral shapes and inscribed designs, and shield on lid with Hebrew inscription.

Burial Society Pitcher and Shield

This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew…

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Painting of woman with headcovering framed in opening with cityscape in background.

New Jewish Artists in the Holy Land

Song without Words, painted in Jaffa ca. 1911–1913. Like many of Jan’s works, this painting is suffused with poetic and atmospheric symbolism. Here, a beautiful young woman with haunted eyes holds a…

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Street view of ornate building with archways, turrets, and domed roof, surrounded by fence.

Grand Choral Synagogue

Though construction ended in 1888 after eight years, the neo-Byzantine and Moorish revival Grand Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg was not consecrated until 1893. The grand, imposing building, which…

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Portrait of Menachem Vivante

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