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One of Friedrich Friedländer’s best-known paintings, The Death of Tasso, depicts the death of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544–1595). Tasso was famous for his epic poem, La Gerusalemme liberate…
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Friedrich Friedländer
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Vienna, Austria
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Date Unknown, 18th century
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Born near Mumpf, Switzerland, Rachel (born Elisa-Rachel) Félix (1821–1858) was a prominent French actress. Her parents worked as peddlers, and, as a child, she performed music alongside her sister…
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Artist Unknown
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
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ca. 1848
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Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868) achieved celebrity first as an actress, later gaining some literary following for her poetry. Uncertainty surrounds Menken’s family history, as she claimed various…
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Napoleon Sarony
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1866
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This medal for St. Stephanskirche in Vienna provides an example of the style innovated by its engraver Jacques Wiener (1815–1899), in which the exterior of a building appears on one side and the…
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Jacques Wiener
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Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium)
Date:
1862
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This medal by master engraver Charles Wiener honors the Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) and his wife, Lady Judith Montefiore (1784–1862). Montefiore was an activist on behalf of…
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Charles Wiener
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1864
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Mark Antokolski began his career as a sculptor by focusing on Jewish themes, but he soon moved on to portrayals of historical figures. This monumental sculpture, Ivan the Terrible, was purchased by…
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Mark Antokolski
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1871
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The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate one from Isfahan, Iran…
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Artist Unknown
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Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1887
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This pastoral painting is typical of the work of Charles Towne. His landscapes were not realistic depictions of actual places, but instead romantic views of idealized scenes. He cited seventeenth…
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Charles Towne
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Merseyside, United Kingdom
Date:
1812
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Religion is one of many paintings with Christian themes by Philipp Veit, whose mother wanted him to become a priest. He first painted it as a fresco for the north wing of the Vatican and then created…
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Philipp Veit
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1819
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Leo Lehmann (1782–1859) was the father of the popular portrait artist Rudolf Lehmann. Here he depicts his father, a painter and printmaker (and his son’s first art teacher) at work, with the tools of…
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Rudolf Lehmann
Places:
Ottensen, German Confederation (Ottensen, Germany)
Date:
1851