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Waiting for the Verdict depicts a despondent family sitting outside a courtroom, waiting for a verdict in the trial of a loved one. Through the door can be seen a judge and white-wigged lawyers…
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Abraham Solomon
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1857
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Edouard Brandon’s painting of Amsterdam’s famous Portuguese Synagogue (1675) is set on the Ninth of Av, a fast day commemorating and mourning the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Members of the…
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Jacques-Émile-Édouard Brandon
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Paris, Second French Empire (Paris, France)
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1867
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In this lamplit scene, the brightest spots are the mother’s dress and the white tablecloth on the table. (The mother and a maid at right, coming out of the kitchen, are the only women in the room.)…
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Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
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Frankfurt am Main, Kingdom of Prussia (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1869
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Jacques Brandon set his painting of a heder, a traditional Jewish elementary school for boys, in a Mediterranean or Near Eastern location or in an imagined distant past. The boys are dressed in white…
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Jacques-Émile-Édouard Brandon
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Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1870
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Leonid Pasternak painted young men of the Moscow intelligentsia in student accommodations engaged in an evening study session fueled by tobacco and tea, with a bed depicted on the left and a samovar…
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Leonid Pasternak
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1895
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Max Liebermann frequently traveled to Amsterdam. He was attracted to the city because of its connection to Rembrandt, whom he idolized. But he came back again and again, drawn to Amsterdam’s Jewish…
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Max Liebermann
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1908
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Although few examples of the work of embroiderer Jacob Koppel Gans remain, he is best known for this Torah ark curtain and valance, dating to 1772 or 1773, made of velvet and embroidered with metallic…
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Jacob Koppel Gans
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Holy Roman Empire (Bavaria, Germany)
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1772–1773
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The purpose of the Torah crown is visually to augment the status of the Torah scroll, emphasizing its importance and centrality to Jewish life. These magnificent silver ornaments are placed over the…
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Wilhelmus Angenendt
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1809
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Henriette de Lemos Herz (1764–1847) was a Berlin salon hostess famed for her beauty and literary engagement. She was highly educated, especially in ancient and modern languages. Following her marriage…
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Anna Dorothea Lisiewska-Therbusch
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1778
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A pathbreaking composer, Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) surprised and delighted generations of opera fans in Europe and around the world. To the staid formula of live performances, he added sound…
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Friedrich Georg Weitsch
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1802