b'218(18TH CENTURY ITALIAN SCHOOL). Synagogue Prayers, Venice. Oil on panel. Two horizontal cracks reinforced on verso. 15 x 20 inches (36.5 x 53 cm). 18th-century $12,000 - $18,000PROVENANCE:Tefaf, Maastricht. Antichit Alberto di Castro, Rome. Depicts the interior of a Venetian Synagogue in which attending prayers are a group of gentlemen in European dress, with one in Oriental attire. Three rabbinic ofciants hover, two of whom are poised on the raised Readers platform. The scene is complete with a large golden chandelier hovering overhead.The city of Venice hosted ve synagogues, each known as Scuola with the earliest dating back to 1528.109'