FROM COURT JEWS TO THE ROTHSCHILDS: ART, PATRONAGE, AND POWER: 1600-1800
Munich; New York: Prestel, 1996. Item #25603
Softcover, 4to, 251 pages, illustrations (some color) , 29 cm. Contents: Court Jews before the Hofjuden. Yosef Kaplan -- Court Jews in economics and politics. Michael Graetz -- Riches and dangers: Glickl bas Judah Leib on court Jews. Natalie Zemon Davis -- The case of Alexander David of Braunschweig. Ralf Busch -- The despised queen of Berlin Jewry, or, the life and times of Esther Liebmann. Deborah Hertz -- The last of the court Jews: Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his sons. Fritz Backhaus -- Melding worlds: court Jews and the arts of the baroque. Richard I. Cohen and Vivian B. Mann SUBJECT(S) : Descriptor: Court Jews -- Germany -- History. Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1096-1800. Art patronage -- Germany. Jewish art and symbolism -- Exhibitions. Jews -- Germany -- Portraits -- Exhibitions. Patronage. Joden. Beeldende kunsten. Vorstenhoven. Juifs de cour -- Expositions. Mecenat -- Europe -- Expositions. Juifs -- Europe -- Biographies -- Expositions. Juifs -- Europe -- Biographies. Mecenat -- Europe -- Histoire. “This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition From Court Jews to the Rothschilds: Art, Patronage, and Power, 1600-1800, held at the Jewish Museum, New York, 8 September 1996-17 January 1997”—Title page. Verso. Excellent condition. (Art-3-8/9) xx.
Price: $100.00