The Passover Seder Led by the Chassam Sofer and Rabbi Akiva Eger. Surrounded by eight Biblical vignettes relating to the Passover narrative, each with Hebrew captions of Biblical passages.

(VERRE ÉGLOMISÉ).

(Austrian, early 20th century)

Gold leaf and paint on glass.

Central scene of the Chassam Sofer (1762-1839), Rabbi Akiva Eiger (1761-1837) and others reminiscent of the episode of the five rabbis cited in the Hagadah who discuss the Passover story until the morning hours. The surrounding vignettes - which include: the Egyptian slavery, the splitting of the Red Sea, water pouring from the rock, Moses with the Decalogue and Moses praying for success in the war against Amalek - all executed in extraordinary detail and elegant highlighting colors. Verre églomisé is a form of painting and etching on glass, done on the back of a sheet of glass in mirror-image and in opaque colors, including gold leaf (like our example) and tin foil. After the gold leaf is applied, the image is etched, followed by tinting or blackening the glass with soot. RARE TO FIND ART OF JEWISH CONTENT PRODUCED IN THE TECHNIQUE OF VERRE EGLOMISE.