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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.)…
Contributor:
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Kingdom of Prussia (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1869
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The Last Breath is one of the genre paintings depicting the lives of fishermen and their families for which Josef Israëls was best known. In this scene, a woman is weeping over the body of her husband…
Contributor:
Jozef Israëls
Places:
The Hague, Netherlands
Date:
1872
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Because observant Jews do not light fires or cook on the Sabbath, they prepare hot meals before the beginning of the Sabbath. In some communities, families brought their Sabbath stew (known as cholent…
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1579/1580
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The Christian parable of the prodigal son, from Luke 15:11–12, was a favorite subject of artists from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century. A son squanders his inheritance and is reduced to…
Contributor:
Henry Mosler
Places:
Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1879