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Print of a busty Jewish woman admiring the moon

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.181

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    Print of a busty Jewish woman admiring the moon

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    The etching is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
    Artwork Title
    Empfindsame Betrachtung des Mondes
    Alternate Title
    Sentimental Contemplation of the Moon
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1820
    Geography
    publication: Germany
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, top, black ink : Empfindsame Betrachtung des Mondes. [Sentimental contemplation of the Moon.]
    front, bottom, black ink : Nicht weiss gesotten, nicht plettirt, / Und doch solch magnifiquer Schein! / Ach, mein Gemüth ist ganz gerührt; / Er muss messiv von Silber seyn! [Not blanched, not plated, And yet such a magnificent gleam! Oh, my Soul is greatly moved; It must be made of Silver!]
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Biography
    The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Prints
    Physical Description
    Etching in black ink of a smiling woman in the right foreground sitting on a bench in three quarters left profile and looking up at a full moon visible through a gap in a cloud bank in the top left. It illuminates her and reflects off a body of water in the background. Her Jewish features, including curly hair and a large nose, are emphasized and she wears hoop earrings and a low cut dress with floral pattern trim. She holds a shawl around her shoulders and her right hand rests on 1 of her large, prominent breasts. A hat adorned with a ribbon and fruit branch is at her feet and a row of shrubbery and a metal gate are behind her. Captions are in panels at the top and bottom.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The etching was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:30:19
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