Showing Results 91 - 100 of 134
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Wife of Shimon Soave
Places:
Date:
17th Century
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1650–1700
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Moses Pescarol
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1616
Subjects:
Restricted
Image
This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1655
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
Contributor:
Evert van Heerdan
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1679
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Pieter van Hoven
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1696
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
This wooden tevah—a stand or reader’s platform used for supporting Torah scrolls—was made and used in Yemen. It was the practice in Yemen for boys to become active participants in synagogue services…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Date:
18th Century
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Image
This partially gilt-silver Torah crown from Poland is studded with semi-precious stones. Its two-tiered base is typical of Torah crowns from Eastern Europe. It is inscribed in Hebrew with the words,…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Date:
1729
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
These Torah mantles, thought to be created in the Netherlands, are embroidered and have fringed borders. The mantle on the right is sumptuously adorned with brightly colored flowers, along with panels…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Date:
1735–1737
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Matheus Staedlein
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1716–1735