Auction 64 · Lot 286
Synagogue in Nuremberg.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
DISTEL, VAL.
Place
1905
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed, titled and dated by artist in red lower left. Inscribed on verso of frame: “---- Familie Distel, 16.5.1905.” Framed.
summary
Depicts the old town of Nuremberg, including the domed Main Synagogue, or ‘Hauptsynagoge’ loacted at Hans Sachs Platz, along the Pegnitz River. On August 10th 1938 the German-Nazis entirely destroyed the building.
15 x 23 inches.
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