Ein Juedische Knabe… [“Israel Swallowed a Coin.”]

(GERMANY).

c. 1808

Hand-colored copperplate engraving. Captioned in German.

“Satisfaction at the recovery of the ducat swallowed by little Israel.” Tells the story of the little Jewish boy who hears his aunt loves gold very much and thinking there must be something special about a ducat, he promptly swallows one. Subsequently, the family gathers to feed him rhubarb and await the ducat’s “recovery.” Cf: A. Rubens, A Jewish Iconography (1981) nos. 1412 and 1453.