| Translated title | The Art Collection of the Jewish Community of Berlin. Notes on the Opening of the Collection |
| Author |
Moritz Stern. |
| Collection |
Albert Wolf Collection |
| Imprint |
Berlin, Germany, 1917. 26 pp., no illustrations. German. |
| Location |
Museums der Jüdischen Gemeinde, Berlin (1917) |
| Description |
Booklet published on the occasion of the opening of the Collection. Part one on the Collection’s founder, Dresden jeweler and art connoisseur Albert Wolf, who donated his collection to the Berlin Jewish community in 1905. Part two “Die erste Ausstellung der Kunstsammlung der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin” [The First Exhibition of the Art Collection of the Jewish Community of Berlin] (pp. 13–26) discusses the Collection’s inaugural exhibition, 12 years after Wolf’s donation. No itemized listing. |
| Description |
For the fourth exhibition from this collection, see #48 and #49. |
| Description |
Wolf’s collection, greatly expanded over the years, was eventually housed in Berlin’s first Jewish Museum, established in 1933. The museum was closed by the Nazis in 1938, and its holdings seized. Most of the objects have not been recovered. For an exhibition documenting this history, see #2039 (Berlin, 2011). |
| main keywords |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDSCEREMONIAL OBJECTSHEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSMEDALSPRINTSSYNAGOGUE TEXTILESWOLF, ALBERT |
| minor keywords |
CoinsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th–16th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th CHevra Kadisha beakersKiddush cupsMendelssohn, MosesPlatesPortraitsTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark curtains for Simchat TorahTorah binders |
| Related ephemera |
Stern, Moritz, “Die zweite Ausstellung in der Kunstsammlung der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin”, Ost und West, XXI (1921), cols. 63–68, 143–166, 193–206, 251–266; XXII (1922), cols. 15–28, 73–85, 139–148, 195–204, 20 figs. Article on the second display and expansion of this collection. |