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The Funeral of the Five Victims
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Aleksander Lesser’s most famous painting is The Funeral of the Five Victims, which depicts the public funeral of five men shot by the Russian military on March 2, 1861 during a rally calling for…

Contributor:

Aleksander Lesser

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1861

Subjects:

Painting, Art, Nationalism, Politics, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Painting
Painting of men carrying coffins of victims as men and women bow, with bishop and clergy looking on from hill.
John the Baptist
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The young Jewish intellectuals of Barcinski’s generation were interested in pushing boundaries, including by employing Christian imagery, as Barcinski did in this portrait of John the Baptist. The…

Contributor:

Henryk (Hanokh) Barcinski

Places:

Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)

Date:

1919

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Print, Prophets

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Religion & Theology
Linocut of man in profile with short beard, long hair, stern expression and downward gaze angled to his left.