| Translated title | The Wandering Jew. A Witness of Time |
| Curators |
Laurence Sigal-Klagsbald, Richard Cohen. |
| Co-curator |
Anne Hélène Hoog. |
| Imprint |
Paris, France, 2001. 238 pp., illustrations: 116 col., 49 b&w, 29 × 23 cm. French. |
| ISBN |
2876603225 |
| Location |
Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire du Judaïsme (26 October 2001–24 February 2002) |
| Description |
An in-depth treatment of the Wandering Jew in history and art. Introduction by Laurence Sigal-Klagsbald. Ten essays on various aspects of the Wandering Jew in art from the medieval to modern period. Exhibition material presented according to seven themes: 1. the medieval genesis of the Wandering Jew legend, 2. its dissemination in Europe, 3. its popularity in France, 4. the Wandering Jew as a romantic figure, 5. the Wandering Jew as a social figure (end of the 19th C), 6. artists and the Wandering Jew, and 7. Jewish artists’ reinterpretation of this legendary wanderer. Basic and descriptive entries, some in great detail. 178 items. |
| main keywords |
ANTISEMITIC IMAGES/OBJECTSPAINTINGSPRINTED BOOKSPRINTSWANDERING JEWZIONISM |
| minor keywords |
Chagall, MarcChristian illuminated manuscriptsFranceEuropeGottlieb, MaurycyLilien, Ephraim M.Painters, JewishPrints, antisemiticSculpture |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet, 10 pp., 7 b&w illus. English. |