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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Adolphe Crémieux
History, Fine arts

Adolphe Crémieux

Jules Jean Antoine Lecomte du Noüy (Paris, 1842 – Paris, 1923)

Paris, 1878

Allégorie à la gloire de Joseph II
History, Fine arts

Allegory to the Glory of Joseph II

Anonymous

Austro-Hungary, around 1782

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Books and manuscripts

Bible (Tanakh)

Romeyn de Hooghe (illustrations; Amsterdam, 1645 – Haarlem, 1708)

Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, 1631; engravings incorporated after 1712

Rouleau d'Esther, Amsterdam, 1641
Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Esther scroll (megillat Ester)

Attributed to Shalom Italia (Mantua, circa 1619 – Amsterdam, circa 1655)

Amsterdam, circa 1641

Oeuvre clé : Nahmanide, Hiddoushei ha-Torah
Books and manuscripts

Hiddushei ha-Torah (New Commentaries on the Torah)

Moshe ben Nahman, known as Nachmanides (1194-1270)
Lisbon, 1489

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Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701

Oeuvre clé : Poèmes liturgiques, piyyoutim
Books and manuscripts

Liturgical poems for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Northern Spain, 15th century

Samuel Hirszenberg, Portrait d’un écrivain juif
Fine arts

Portrait of a Jewish Writer

Samuel Hirszenberg (Łódz, 1865 – Jérusalem, 1908)

Circa 1902

Portrait de David Sintzheim
History, Fine arts

Portrait of Chief Rabbi David Sintzheim

Anonymous

France, early 19th century

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Books and manuscripts

Prayer book

Ferrara, 1512