Isaac Synagogue (Kraków)

Scroll manuscript page with Hebrew text in four columns, with illustrations on top of figures seated talking to each other, working by a tree, and walking; the middle sections feature ladders and people working on trees; the bottom features elephants and rhinoceroses.

Scroll of the Book of Esther

This scroll of Esther from Germany, created for use on the holiday of Purim, is extensively decorated, with illustrations of biblical scenes from the Esther story, as well as various flora and fauna…

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Painting of women seated at rows of desks sewing.

The Dutch Sewing School

The Dutch Sewing School is from a period in Max Liebermann’s career when Dutch peasants were a common subject in his work. The sewing school seen here was in an orphanage in Amsterdam. While he…

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Photograph of room with wood walls painted with Hebrew text, animals, and floral designs.

Private Synagogue (Unterlimpurg, Germany)

This synagogue structure contains stunning samples of wood painting and folk motifs (including verses, images of Jerusalem, animals, and flowers). The panels were decorated by Eliezer Zusman, an…

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Isaac Synagogue (Kraków)

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