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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)
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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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The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
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1835
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Henriette de Lemos Herz (1764–1847) was a Berlin salon hostess famed for her beauty and literary engagement. She was highly educated, especially in ancient and modern languages. Following her marriage…
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Anna Dorothea Lisiewska-Therbusch
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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1778
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Cecilie Freiin von Eskeles (1760–1836) was noted for her salon, which attracted leading musical, literary, and intellectual figures. Daughter of the court Jew Daniel Itzig, she brought the Berlin…
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Friedrich von Amerling
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Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1832
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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)
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1832
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The Gerush (Hebrew for “expulsion”) synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, dates back to the early sixteenth century and is unique in its dual-ark design; one upper section is located in the women’s gallery…
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century
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In the nineteenth century, especially in the era before photography, it was common for artists to travel to exotic or picturesque locations in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, and to produce…
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Artist Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1830
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Isabel María Parreño Arce y Valdés (1759–1822), the Marquesa de Llano, had her portrait painted by Anton Raphael Mengs, in Parma, Italy, where her husband was the ambassador from Spain. At the time…
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire (Madrid, Spain)
Date:
1770
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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1831