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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Date:
1748
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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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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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ca. 1650|1732
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Johann Valentin Schüler
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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Late 17th Century
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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
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Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1732
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1795
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Theresa Concordia Mengs
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Dresden, Holy Roman Empire
(Dresden, Germany)
Date:
1745
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Jeremiah David Alexander Fiorino
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Kassel, German Confederation
(Kassel, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1820s
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
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Charlotte von Rothschild
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1842
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Johann Adam Boller
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1706
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This Purim tray from the seventeenth century was made in Hamburg, Germany. A fine repoussé piece, its center is adorned with a court scene, complete with a ruler sitting on a raised throne, surrounded…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Free Imperial City of Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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17th Century