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Auction 9 · Lot 136
Synagogue Peep-Show.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
ENGELBRECHT, MARTIN.
Place
Augsburg, ca. 1750.
Description
Six engraved, hand-colored cards, intricately cut out, of the Spanish and Portugueses Synagogue, Amsterdam, showing the vaulted interior flanked by Ionic columns. Some wear with minimal loss
summary
A rare Jewish “peep-show” depicting Amsterdam’s resplendent Sephardic Synagogue with the Congregation at prayer. An early diorama, produced right at the genesis of such a genre and probably created as a children’s play-thing. (See Lot 88). In this smaller version of the engravings, the scene depicted is the raising of the Torah Scroll (Hagbahah) during the Sabbath morning service
50x95mm.
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