Bilder aus dem altjüdischen Familien-Leben [ Pictures from Jewish Family Life ] by Moritz Oppenheimer, Frankfurt, 1882.
Elegant album including 20 reproductions of paintings of the Jewish family in Germany in 19th-century-Germany in their homes, in the synagogue and in the Jewish quarter. The first 15 pages contain an introduction with a description and an explanation of every picture, in German. The paintings are sized 19×22 cm, and are on card boards sized 38×28 cm.
Moritz Daniel Oppenheimer [1800-1882] was also nicknamed “The First Jewish Painter.” In his youth, he painted the Rothschild family home in Frankfurt, and then began to paint images of Jewish family life. Fine condition, painted back binding, lacking spine, minimal dismantled leaves, aging stains. (The reproductions themselves are in very fine condition.)