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Painting of table with plates, fruit, and bottle with small painting of man on horse in the background.

Still Life with a Picture of Napoleon

Still Life with a Picture of Napoleon is one of many still lifes that Dezső Czigány painted. Like many of his other compositions, it demonstrates cubist and fauvist influences. In this picture, the…

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Manuscript page with 3 rows of illustrations of parts of buildings with Hebrew text above.

The Synagogue of Nahmanides in Jerusalem

This map showing the Naḥmanides Synagogue in Jerusalem, named after the medieval rabbi, was made in Italy by a Jewish scribe and is an example of a “pilgrimage scroll.” Pilgrimage scrolls were known…

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Photograph of room with large carved Torah ark with pews on either side of room and screened second-floor balcony.

Italian Synagogue, Conegliano Veneto, Italy

This exquisite synagogue, with Rococo gold wooden detailing, was originally located in in the village of Conegliano Veneto. Built in the sixteenth century, it was subsequently reassembled by the…

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Still Life with a Picture of Napoleon

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Italian Synagogue, Conegliano Veneto, Italy