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This exquisite jewelry box was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, before 1540 and given to a bride for her wedding. Etched in steel, copper plated, and partly gilt, the panels, on four sides and the lid…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Nuremburg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
Before 1540
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The text on this inscription, dating from the establishment of the Rema Synagogue in Krákow, reads, in part: “The man, R. Israel ben Joseph (of blessed memory), gathered his strength, for the honor of…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1553
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In 1832, after the French conquest of Algeria, French artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) traveled to North Africa, creating a series of paintings and drawings that exoticized scenes of daily life in…
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Eugène Delacroix
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Tangier, Kingdom of Morocco (Tangier, Morocco)
Date:
1832
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A woman holding an infant sits on a rock under a gloomy sky at twilight or dawn. In the background is the wreck of a boat. Julius Muhr painted other sentimental and romantic paintings like this one…
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Julius Muhr
Places:
Munich, German Confederation (Munich, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1860s