Sandor Schmidl Mausoleum (Budapest)

Béla Latja

1903

Photograph of gated door outside, surrounded by large archway and decorative floral motifs. — The elaborate art-nouveau tomb of the wealthy Schmidl family in the Rákoskeresztúr Jewish cemetery in Budapest is made of ceramic tile made by the Zsolnay factory, famous for its art-nouveau ceramics. It is one of thirty-five mausoleums and memorials designed by Béla Latja and one of several tombs he designed for elite Hungarian Jewish families. The brilliant blue color of this tomb makes it particularly eye-catching. There is no specifically Jewish decoration on it; its dominant decorative motif is floral.

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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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