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Portraits of the Franks-Levy Family
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In the 1730s, the German Jewish Franks-Levy family commissioned an artist to create portraits of three generations of the family. These paintings are all attributed to Gerardus Duykinck, a member of a…

Contributor:

Gerardus Duyckinck I

Places:

New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)

Date:

ca. 1735

Subjects:

Art, Painting, Portrait, Economic life, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Portrait painting of man standing next to column and curtain.
Herzl Observing the Rhine from the Balcony of Hotel Les Trois Rois during the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 in Basel
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Ephraim Lilien’s photograph of Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern political Zionism, depicts him staring off into the distance like a lonely prophet. The congress in Basel in 1901 was the…

Contributor:

Ephraim Moses Lilien

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Portrait, Philosophy, Jewish identity, Cities, Zionism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Photograph of man leaning over a bridge.
Broadsheet Accompanying Model of the Tabernacle
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This broadsheet is based on a famous model of the Temple in Jerusalem, owned by Jacob Judah Leon, a rabbi from the Netherlands. Probably produced in Amsterdam, the poster includes illustrations of the…

Contributor:

Jacob Judah Leon Templo

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1652

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Temple, Cities, Portrait, Art

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Architecture
Broadsheet with Dutch text on left and right margins, with large illustrated map in the middle of many squares and lines. Around the map are five images in squares: a man in hat and moustache, layers of priestly garments, a smaller map, rectangular building, and items of worship such as a candelabrum.
Three Representatives of the Prague Burial Society
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Three representatives of the Prague Burial Society in the 1730s are pictured in these portraits: Jonas Jeitteles (1735–1806, the community’s official physician), Rabbi Leib Fayvel Dayan (another…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1733

Subjects:

Art, Portrait, Burial society, Communal organizations, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Portrait painting of man in circular frame and Hebrew text underneath.