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Key works

Discover the richness of the mahJ’s collection through a selection of major works, representative of the diversity of artistic expressions related to Jewish history and culture.

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Oeuvre clé : lampe à huile
Daily life

Salignac-sur-Charente, 3rd century

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Tableau-pour-marquer-l’Est.jpg
Daily life

Levi David van Gelder (draughtsman and lithographer; Amsterdam, 1816 – New York, 1878)

Amsterdam, 1845

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Portrait de David Sintzheim
History, Fine arts

Anonymous

France, early 19th century

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Pro Patria
Art moderne, History

Simon Mondzain (Szamaj Mondszajn, known as ; Chelm, Poland, 1887 or 1888 – Paris, 1979)

Paris, 1920

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Portrait de Rachel.Frédérique O’Connell
Fine arts

Frédérique O’Connell (Potsdam, 1823 – Paris, 1885)

Paris, circa 1853

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Autoportrait, Edouard Moyse
Fine arts

Édouard Moyse (Nancy, 1827 – Paris, 1908)

Nancy, 1853

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Boite-a-aromates-avec -chandelier.jpg
Daily life

Eastern France or Germany, late 18th or early 19th century

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Stèle_Auch.jpg
History

Auch, 5th-7th century

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Sophie Calle, L’Erouv de Jérusalem
Contemporary art

Sophie Calle (Paris, 1953)

Jérusalem, 1996

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Christian Boltanski, Les Habitants de l’hôtel de SaintAignan en 1939
Contemporary art, History

Christian Boltanski (Paris, 1944)

Paris, 1998