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The Music Room of Fanny Hensel
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Fanny Hensel (1805–1847), the granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and financier Daniel Itzig, and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, was born in Hamburg into a wealthy…

Contributor:

Julius Helfft

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1849

Subjects:

Crafts, Art, Women, Music, Assimilation, Architecture, Painting

Categories:

Architecture, Painting
Painting of room featuring natural light, grand piano, and walls filled with pictures in gold frames.
Ark and Two Cathedrae
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This wooden Torah ark and its two cathedrae (chairs), from the Scuola Grande Synagogue in Mantua, Italy, date from 1543. Decorated with gilt carvings and architectural elements, they were meant to…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1543

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Aesthetics, Assimilation, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Ritual Objects
Wooden Torah ark decorated with carvings, columns, and capitals, flanked by two similarly decorated chairs.