Auction 65
Special Premium Auction | Rare Letters, pedigreed copies and Sifrei Kodesh
By Moreshet
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May 28, 2023
Harav Kook Street 10 Bnei Brak, Israel
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LOT 87:
Impressive Ancient Tapestry with an Illustration of Gedolei Hador, the Chatam Sofer and Rabbi Akiva Eiger and Their ...
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Impressive Ancient Tapestry with an Illustration of Gedolei Hador, the Chatam Sofer and Rabbi Akiva Eiger and Their Sons, Telling the Story of the Exodus from Egypt (after an Illustration from the Passover Haggadah Vienna 1928/9) - Europe, the 20th Century
Large and impressive color tapestry, an exact copy of the famed illustration of Gedolei Hador of the Vienna 1928/9 Passover Haggadah. Europe, the 20th century. Stretched on plywood: 75X46 cm. Good condition.
The color illustration depicts the scene from the Passover Haggadah of the Tanaim telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt with the figures being portrayed as the rabbis of the Eiger and Sofer families: the Geonim Rabbi Akiva Eiger and his in-law Rabbi Moshe Sofer, the Chatam Sofer and beside them, his son the Ketav Sofer and his son, Rabbi Simcha Bonem Sofer. On the side, the two disciples informing them it is the time for Keriat Shema of Shacharit.
