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Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
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Artist Unknown
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Praha, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1780
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Certainly, dearest parents, I know what is commonly the result of the influence of education and of misunderstood religion, but is it possible that you could hate your son because he harbors other…
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Michael Joseph Edler von Arnstein
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1783
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Most Distinguished Sir,
The undersigned, your most humble servant, is a wretched woman of twenty-three years of age. I was married for five and a half years to this Mr. Lucio Luzzatto, [but] I was…
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Relle Luzzatto Morschene
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Trieste, Holy Roman Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
Date:
1794
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One who exchanges good for bad and bad for good, and says that transgressions are really virtuous deeds, and that it is by this means that one can bring the Will of the Creator to fruition—such an…
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Ezekiel Landau
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1760
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Matthäus Merian
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1628
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Artist Unknown
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Munich, Holy Roman Empire
(Munich, Germany)
Date:
1745
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Munich, Holy Roman Empire
(Munich, Germany)
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1745
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1745
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The Jewish Community of Prague
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1702