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Interior of the Synagogue, Judenplatz 8, Vienna, 1977, Oil Size: 52 x 66.5 Inv. 1610 (1977)
#30050362

Interior of the Synagogue, Judenplatz 8, Vienna, 1977, Oil...

An amulet against the evil eye, to be hung in a home. The raised hand ("hamsa") in the Levitical configuration bestowes blessing; the fish are a symbol of fertility. Painted glass on foil, 34,5 x 29 cm
#30050436

An amulet against the evil eye, to be hung in a home. The raised hand...

Painting with birds, lions of Judah and the word "Zion" in the Star of David on top. Painted glass on silver foil, 34 x 29 cm Date and origin unknown.
#30050448

Painting with birds, lions of Judah and the word "Zion" in the Star of Da...

The Fall of Goliath. Top: King Saul and his men of valour; bottom: David slays Goliath; four Philistine warriors mourn with raised arms, David's brothers look on (left); Goliath's helmet between them on the ground. Oil on glass painting, 59,5 x 49 cm
#30050451

The Fall of Goliath. Top: King Saul and his men of valour; bottom: David sl...

Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,beginning in the lower register and ending with the angel halting the sacrifice. The inscription asks to remember "the binding of Isaac" on Rosh Hashanah, the New Year and a day of judgement.Watercolour,55x38
#30050510

Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,beginning in the l...

Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,and of the angel halting the sacrifice.The inscription asks to remember the "akedah",the binding of Isaac" on the high holidays.Painting by Moshe Mizrachi,a Persian jew who came to Palestine in 1880.
#30050617

Painting from Safed,Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac,and of the angel h...

The people before Mount Sinai Canvas
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The people before Mount Sinai Canvas

Tapestry (ca. 1600) - Chinese silk. Made for the front of an altar
#31020125

Tapestry (ca. 1600) - Chinese silk. Made for the front of an...

Pieta. Wood,48 x 34 cm R.F.1982-77
#31030160

Pieta. Wood,48 x 34 cm...

L'Aurore - Aurora,morning.Painted 1668 for the ceiling of an alcove in the room of the Grand Dauphin (son of Louis XIV) in the Tuileries palace. Canvas,144 x 212 cm R.F.1986-62
#31030168

L'Aurore - Aurora,morning.Painted 1668 for the ceiling of an alcove in...

Portable altar of Abbott Begon (1087-1107),around 1100. A porphyry slab surrounded by bands of silver with portraits of Christ and saints,Saint Foy on Christ's left.Inscription:"Bishop Pons of Barbastro has dedicted the altar and added reliquies,June 26th 1100"
#31030242

Portable altar of Abbott Begon (1087-1107),around 1100. A porphyry slab surround...

Portable altar,alabaster,gilded silver.The frame may have been added during the second half of the 14th century.It could have come from an evangelistary of Abbot Begon III.Medallions with the symbols of the evangelists,a portrait of Saint Foy (Fides).
#31030243

Portable altar,alabaster,gilded silver.The frame may have been added duri...