Two colored lithographs depiciting the ancient synagogue of Toledo. * Premiere Synagogue a Tolede, Santa Maria la Blanca. * Grande Synagogue de Tolede.

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: $200

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

author

(SPAIN)

Place

Paris, c. 1830.

Description

Signed Genaro Perez Villamil.

references

Alfred Rubens, A Jewish Iconography no. 2300 and unrecorded.

summary

Erected in 1180, Toledo’s synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca is notable for being the oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing. The synagogue was turned into a church following the massacre of Toledo’s Jews in 1391.

14 x 16.5 inches (35 x 42 cm) and 13.2 x 18 inches (33.5 x 46 cm). Both framed.

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