Der Juedische Kipper und Wechsler [“The Kippur Jew and the Money-Changer.”]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ANTISEMITICA)

Place

Germany

Publication

1622

Description

Copper engraving. A stereotypical representation of a Jew standing atop a lobster.The Jew is linked by his arms to two cables, the female figure of “Greed” pulls him to the to the right and that of “Fairness” pulls him to the left. Three-columned text below

summary

Satiric allegory of the supposed dishonesty of the Jew in his role as moneylender. See E. Fuchs, Die Juden in der Karikatur (1921) p. 27. Not in Rubens

11.5 x 15 inches

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