La Retournée du Juif-Errant.

(ANTISEMITICA)

Estampes de Gangel

Metz

n.d.

Broadside. Text in French. Twenty colored vignettes lampooning the Wandering Jew.

The Wandering Jew to Christian legend, was condemned to wander by Jesus until the Second Coming for having struck him on his way to the crucifixion. It became a pronounced vehicle for anti-Semitic sentiment in folklore and literature. In later periods, the Wandering Jew was utilized as a vehicle for social satire. In the present French lyrical lament, the Wandering Jew reflects contemporary life-styles. See J. Gaer, The Legend of the Wandering Jew (1961)