Judaism


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The Bible (Old Testament)

THE BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)

The Jewish Museum New York

THE JEWISH MUSEUM NEW YORK

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Dance of the angels and the Just in Paradise.          
Detail from the Last Judgement.                        
See 40-07-09/55-58                                     
Wood (around 1431), 105 x 210 cm                       
Inv. 8509
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Dance of the angels and the Just in Paradise. Detail from the Last Jud...

The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory       
of the Dominican monastery San Marco, Florence.        
See 40-07-09/59-62 (Around 1450)                       
230 x 297 cm
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The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory of the Dominican monaste...

The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory       
of the Dominican monastery San Marco, Florence         
Detail: the angel.     See 40-07-09/59-62              
Around 1450                                            
230 x 297 cm
#40070961

The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory of the Dominican monaste...

Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi; on the         
predella Saint Mary and Saints. From one of four       
tabernacle reliquaries ordered for the Dominican       
Church Santa Maria Novella in Florence in 1434.        
See 40-07-09/63+65, 66      Wood, 84 x 51 cm
#40070964

Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi; on the predella Saint Mary and...

Tobias and the Angel (Tobias, son of the blind Tobit,  
is led by archangels Raphael, Michael and Gabriel)     
Tempera on wood, 153 x 154 cm                          
Inv. 8359
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Tobias and the Angel (Tobias, son of the blind Tobit, is led by archangels Rap...

The prophet Elisha and the widow of Sarepta            
(II Kings 4,1-7).                                      
Oil on canvas (around 1640)                            
106 x 138 cm
#40071059

The prophet Elisha and the widow of Sarepta (II Kings 4,1-7)....

Judith shows the head of Holofernes to the people.     
Oil on canvas (around 1730)                            
105 x 130 cm                                           
Inv. 6915
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Judith shows the head of Holofernes to the people. Oil on canvas (around 17...

Moses, from the tomb of Pope Julius II in San Pietro   
in Vincoli, Rome. The two horns have been symbolic     
of Moses since the Hebrew word for "rays of light"     
was mistranslated as "horns" in the Vulgata, the       
medieval translation of the Old Testament. Marble.
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Moses, from the tomb of Pope Julius II in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. The tw...

Moses (detail), from the tomb of Pope Julius II in     
San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Michelangelo worked on    
the papal tomb off and on from 1505 to 1545.           
Marble.
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Moses (detail), from the tomb of Pope Julius II in San Pietro in Vincoli, R...

Moses( detail), from the tomb of Pope Julius II Rovere,
in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. The two horns have been
symbolic of Moses since the Hebrew word for "rays of   
light" was mistranslated in the Vulgata, the medieval  
translation of the Old Testament. Marble.
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Moses( detail), from the tomb of Pope Julius II Rovere, in San Pietro in Vincoli...

Rachel, wife of Jacob and here the symbol of an active 
life, from the tomb of Pope Julius II Rovere in San    
Pietro in Vincoli. Michelangelo worked on the papal    
tomb off and on from 1505-1545.                        
Marble
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Rachel, wife of Jacob and here the symbol of an active life, from the tomb of P...

Leah, wife of Jacob and here the symbol of a           
contemplative life, from the tomb of Pope Julius II    
Rovere, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Michelangelo      
worked on the papal tomb off and on from 1505-1545.    
Marble
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Leah, wife of Jacob and here the symbol of a contemplative life, from...