Painting of the Żólkiew Synagogue
Netanel Leichter
1898
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Netanel Leichter
Late 19th–Early 20th Century
Little is known about the life of Netanel Menachem Leichter. In the catalogue of the art collector who owned the painting of the Żólkiew (today Zhovkva, Ukraine) synagogue, Leichter is described as a “Jewish folk artist” who also worked as a scribe and circumciser (mohel) in Habsburg Lemberg/Lwów (today L’viv, Ukraine).
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Żólkiew, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Zhovkva, Ukraine)
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