Alms Plate

Silver amulet with decorative edges and Hebrew word etched in center.

Amulet to Be Hung over the Crib of a Newborn

The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center of this ornate silver amulet from Italy.

Exterior photograph of building with arched windows and triangular room.

High Synagogue (Krakow)

The High (Wysoka) Synagogue was built in a Renaissance style in the mid-sixteenth century in the Kazimierz district of Kraków. It is the third-oldest synagogue in Kraków. This synagogue owes its name…

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Rural landscape painting with house and lake in the background, and cows, a man, a woman, and a dog in the foreground.

Landscape with Figures

This pastoral painting is typical of the work of Charles Towne. His landscapes were not realistic depictions of actual places, but instead romantic views of idealized scenes. He cited seventeenth…

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