Portrait of Samson Wertheimer

Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.

Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)

This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

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Watercolor featuring seated young woman in beaded headdress and flowing dress, and another woman in shawl leaning over her.

Saada the Wife of Abraham Benchimol and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

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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Glass cup etched with Hebrew text and image of group of people walking.

Glass for a Burial Society’s Annual Banquet

This beaker was used by the members of a burial society in Prague at their annual banquet, held on the day traditionally designated as the anniversary of Moses’ death. The painted scene depicts a…

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Portrait of Samson Wertheimer

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