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This rare example of an eighteenth-century American snuff box made of gold may have been made by its goldsmith Myer Myers in honor of the opening of a new Masonic lodge in New York. The cover of the…
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Myer Myers
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New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
Date:
1770
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This micrographic drawing designed for a sukkah decoration is the best-known artwork of Israel David Luzzatto. Micrography, a form of drawing originally created by scribes, in which lines of miniature…
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Israel David Luzzatto
Places:
Trieste, Habsburg Empire (Trieste, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1775
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Following his retirement, Hijman Binger created a daily prayer book, drawing its texts from well-known sources and illustrating the manuscript with the help of his children. Completed in 1820, the…
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Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1820
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This Biedermeier-style sofa from Danzig, with birch veneer over pine, may have been commissioned on the occasion of a marriage. The oval on the seat back contains an image of clasped hands, and the…
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Artist Unknown
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Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Gdańsk, Poland)
Date:
1838
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This postage stamp with an image of King Leopold I of Belgium was the first stamp issued on the European continent.
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Jacques Wiener
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Brussels, Belgium
Date:
1849
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Paper cuts have been a tradition of Jewish folk art, with the earliest record of one dating to the fourteenth century. Given the widespread availability of paper in Europe by the mid-nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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1858–1859
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This unusual heart-shaped amulet from Morocco is inscribed with the words “God Almighty,” followed by the priestly blessing (Numbers 6:24–26) and an individualized text: “May God give him life and…
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Artist Unknown
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1861–1862
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A porch stage left, a little window. A tree at right. Under the tree a table on a wooden beam. Two solid old benches. In the background, a fence with an entrance in the middle. Behind the fence,…
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Alter-Sholem Kacyzne
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1925
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When Moses had ascended the mountain, the cloud covered the mountain. The Presence of the Lord abode on Mount Sinai, and the cloud hid it for six days. On the seventh day He called to…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Go down to the house of a potter, and there I will impart My words to you.” So I went down to the house of a potter, and found him working at the…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period