Numerous Biblical iconographic images framed by micrographic script in Dutch. With Masonic images.

AUCTION 19 | Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art

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Lot 238

(MIZRACH)

Numerous Biblical iconographic images framed by micrographic script in Dutch. With Masonic images.

Multicolored. In Hebrew and Dutch. Signed at bottom left corner L.D.V.G. (Levi David van Gelder), Amsterdam 22.5 x 28 inches image size. Matted.

Netherlands, 1843.:

Est: $4,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

A rare Mizrach designed by this Dutch Jewish artist. For a further study on the juxtoposition of Masonic and Jewish images See The Masonic Mizrach and Lamp: Jewish ritual art as a reflection of cultural assimilation; Alice M. Greenwald, Journal of Jewish Art, Vol. 10, pp. 91-101.