Falk Wiesemann.

William L. Gross.

Hermine Pool.

Emile G.L. Schrijver.

Gross Family Collection.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2003. 119 pp., illustrations: 8 col., 91 b&w, 24 × 20 cm. Dutch and English.

Bijbels Museum (24 October 2003–7 March 2004)

The profound influence of Christian biblical imagery on the portrayal of biblical themes in Jewish art. Jewish exhibits included numerous printed books, many of them reflecting the works of Hans Holbein and Matthaeus Merian the Elder, and ceremional objects adorned with biblical images. Essay by William L. Gross on his collecting activities. Essay by Falk Wiesemann, “Bible Illustrations. The Transformation of a Christian Medium in Jewish Books from the 16th until the 19th Centuries”. In-depth, descriptive entries. 78 items.

This exhibition was an expanded version of #1708 (2002), and included numerous additional ceremonial objects from the Gross Family Collection.

BIBLICAL IMAGES
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
CHRISTIAN ART, INFLUENCE ON JEWISH ART
MERIAN BIBLE
PRINTED BOOKS
PRINTS

Amulets
Aryeh Leib ben Daniel (scribe-artist)
Besamim
Damascene work
Haggadot
Hayyim ben Asher Anshel of Kittsee (scribe-artist)
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew printing
Micrography
Mizrach
Pesach cups
Pesach pillow covers
Pesach plates
Pesach towel covers
Pidyon ha-Ben plates
Prints, biblical images
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Scrolls of Esther, woodcut illustrations
Simchat Torah flags
Torah binders
Tsena u-Rena
Wolf Leib Katz Poppers of Hildesheim (scribe-artist)
Yosifon, Book of

Invitation to exhibition opening, card, 1 col. illus., 21 × 15 cm.