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Maurycy GottliebPublic domain
Portrait of Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld
Maurycy Gottlieb · 1877
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Maurycy Gottlieb
Poland · 1856–1879
Maurycy Gottlieb was a Polish-Jewish realist painter of the Romantic period. Considered one of the most talented students of Jan Matejko, Gottlieb died at the age of 23.
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Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
Maurycy Gottlieb · 1878
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur is a painting by Polish-Jewish artist Maurycy Gottlieb in 1878. It depicts Jews in the middle of the Yom Kippur service, on one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is the Jewish holiday of repentance, a time for Jews to repent for their sins and reflect on their behaviour in the past and the coming year.
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