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Medal in Honor of the Grand Sanhedrin of Napoleon
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Engravers Alexis Joseph Depaulis and Augustin Dupré collaborated on this remarkable Napoleonic-era medal that honored the Grand Sanhedrin, a representative body of seventy-one rabbis and Jewish…

Contributor:

Alexis Joseph Depaulis, Augustin Dupré

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1806

Subjects:

Government, Art, Portrait, Enlightenment, Emancipation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Coins
Bronze medal featuring profile of man in epaulets and laurel above head and Latin text.
The Return of the Jewish Volunteer from the Wars of Liberation to His Family Still Living in Accordance with Old Customs
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This one painting conveys many messages about the benefits of integration and emancipation as well as the inner conflicts they provoked.

Contributor:

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

Places:

Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date:

1833–1834

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Art, Conscription, Emancipation, Assimilation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Painting
Painting of soldier in uniform seated at table surrounded by men, women, and children.