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Kuper is known for his work with found objects, such as spoons, saws, paintbrushes, and clocks. He depicts them in paintings and sometimes incorporates them into sculptures. The worn-out, quotidian…
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Yuri Kuper
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1983
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In The Travelers, one of a series of “Mother Paintings,” Marie-Louise Motesiczky depicts herself and her mother, Henrietta (the white-haired woman at right), escaping from Nazi-occupied Austria…
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Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
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1940
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The young couple depicted here are in the act of embracing one another, their cheeks touching. They are one of the best-known examples of Georg Ehrlich’s representational bronze sculptures, which…
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Georg Ehrlich
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London, United Kingdom
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1950–1951
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Twice elected prime minister of Britain, Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) initially turned to writing in an effort to pay his debts; his early works were fashionable “silver-fork novels” depicting an…
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London, United Kingdom
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1852
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David Tevele Schiff (d. 1791) was the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1765 until his death. At the time of his appointment, the rabbi of the Great Synagogue was also considered to be the…
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Martha Isaacs
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1765
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Don Francisco Lopes Suasso (Abraham Israel Suasso, 1657–1710) was born in Amsterdam, the oldest child of wealthy Portuguese Jewish banker Antonio Lopes Suasso. Francisco followed in his father’s…
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Bernard de Jongere Lens
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1717
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This portrait of David Nieto was printed by James McArdell after a painting by David Esteves, London. David Nietostudied medicine in Padua and initially served as physician, preacher, and rabbinic…
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James McArdell, David Esteves
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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ca. 1745–1765
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This etching of a Jewish woman from Thrace (a region located in present day Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey) is from Livre curieux contenant la naive représentation des habits des femmes des diverses…
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Wenceslaus Hollar
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Arundel, Kingdom of Great Britain (Arundel, United Kingdom)
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1644
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Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments was painted by Aron de Chavez, a painter and engraver of Dutch origin, for the synagogue in Creechurch Lane (the first post-medieval synagogue in London) used…
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Aron de Chavez
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London, Kingdom of England (London, United Kingdom)
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1674/5
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Francis Salvador (Daniel Francisco Salvador, 1685–1754) was born in Amsterdam. He was a relative of Catherine da Costa, the artist who painted his portrait. He was the grandfather of Francis Salvador…
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1720