De Wandelende Jood [“The Wandering Jew” - a board-game].
AUCTION 72 |
Thursday, March 16th,
2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Lot 53
(ANTISEMITICA).
De Wandelende Jood [“The Wandering Jew” - a board-game].
Metz, Fabriques d’Estampes de Ganzel: & Amsterdam, De Erve Wijsmuller c. 1850
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
Purporting to be a genteel table-game, players travel the route of the wandering Jew, in 63 spaces, from Jerusalem to Paris. Throughout, there is an unmistakable mocking inference in its tone toward the Jews.
A variant of the 16th century “Game of the Goose” this Dutch game “De Wandelende Jood,” is based on Eugene Sue’s wildly popular serially published novel (1844–45). The author himself, is depicted in the lower left corner.