Auction 60 · Lot 395
Synagogue of Nuremberg, Bavaria (ca. 1895).
- Estimate
- $800–$1,000
- Hammer price
- $2,200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
PETERSEN, A. KROGH.
Place
Danish (19th century)
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed and titled by artist lower left. Framed.
summary
Depicts the old town of Nuremberg the Pegnitz River including the domed, Main Synagogue, or ‘Hauptsynagoge’ at Hans Sachs Platz. On August 10th 1938, after the heads of the congregation refused to abandon their synagogue, the Nazis entirely demolished it.
15.25 x 11.5 inches.
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