Das Innere einer Sinagoge in Rome.
AUCTION 59 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art
Lot 183
HESS, HIERONYMUS.
Das Innere einer Sinagoge in Rome.
(Carlsruhe, 1823):
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $550
Hieronymis Hess (1799-1850) was a Swiss draftsman and painter, well known as a social commentator due to his political cartoons. He lived in Italy between 1819 and 1823, where he would have become aware of the conditions of Italian Jewry at the time.
For another example of this lithograph, see Sotheby’s, The Michael & Judy Steinhardt Judaica Collection, April 29th, 2013, Lot 201.