From court Jews to the Rothschilds : art, patronage, and power : 1600-1800 / edited by Vivian B. Mann and Richard I. Cohen ; with essays by Fritz Backhaus ... [and others]

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Mann, Vivian B.
• Cohen, Richard I.
• Backhaus, Fritz.
• Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
• Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rothschild family.
• Court Jews--Exhibitions.
• Art patronage--Europe--Exhibitions.
• Rothschild family--Exhibitions.
• Jews--Europe--Biography.
• Jews.
• Art and state.
• Exhibitions.
• Art patronage.
• Court Jews.
• Europe.
• Art and state--Europe--Exhibitions.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Catalogs.

Physical Description:

251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Munich ; New York : Prestel-Verlag, [1996]

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.

Notes:

• "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"-- T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index.

Local Notes:

• Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.
• Presented to the Penn Libraries from the collection of Grace Cohen Grossman.

ISBN:

3791316249

OCLC:

35783638

Online:

The Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections Home Page