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Synagogue (Bechhofen, Germany)
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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…

Contributor:

Eliezer Zusman of Brody

Places:

Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)

Date:

1684

Subjects:

Synagogue, Painting, Artists, Aesthetics, Art, Architecture

Categories:

Painting, Architecture
Interior of building of back wall with decorative images on top, Hebrew text in the middle, and lattice below, platform with railing in left foreground, and several podiums along wall.
Portrait of Marc Chagall
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Yehudah Pen painted this portrait of Marc Chagall soon after Chagall returned to Vitebsk from Paris in order to marry his sweetheart, Bella. While he was there, World War I broke out, and Chagall was…

Contributor:

Yehudah Pen

Places:

Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Portrait, Jewish identity, Artists, Adolescence, Aesthetics, Painting

Categories:

Painting
Painting of man in hat holding palette and looking at viewer.