Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
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![Portrait of R. Asher Ginzburg-Wallerstein. Lithograph by Simon fils a Strasbg. [Frédéric-Émile Simon]](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/210.jpg "Portrait of Rabbi Asher Ginzburg-Wallerstein Rabbi of Karlsruhe (Son o")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $700
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Portrait of R. Asher Ginzburg-Wallerstein. Lithograph by Simon fils a Strasbg. [Frédéric-Émile Simon], [Strasbourg, ca. 1820].
Hebrew caption beneath the portrait (with some errors): "Portrait of R. Asher, Rabbi of Karslruhe and the region: son of the leader of the entire Diaspora, R. Aryeh author of Shaagat Aryeh and Turei Even"; German caption follows, with his name in Latin characters: "Ascher Loew".
R. Asher Ginzburg-Wallerstein (1754-1837), Rabbi of Wallerstein and Karlsruhe, a leading Torah scholar of his times. Already in his youth, he corresponded extensively on halachic issues with contemporary Torah giants, such as the Noda BiYehudah, the Haflaah and the Or Chadash. Youngest son of the Shaagat Aryeh (1695-1785), and his leading disciple in the Metz yeshiva. He lectured in the Metz yeshiva and later in the Niederwerrn yeshiva. After the passing of his father the Shaagat Aryeh, the members of the Metz community implored him to succeed his father as Rabbi of Metz, yet he adamantly refused. He was appointed Rabbi of Wallerstein ca. 1788, serving for 25 years as Rabbi of the region. In 1819, he went on to serve as Rabbi of Karlsruhe, and Chief Rabbi of the state of Baden.
30X42.5 cm. Overall good condition. Wide margins. Creases. Some tears repaired with tape to verso. Some stains. Mounted on cardboard and matted.
Provenance: Kedem, Auction 93, Part 1, 31 July 2023, Lot 30.
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![Portrait of R. Shlomo Zalman [Lipschitz], author of Chemdat Shlomo. Lithograph by an unknown artist. [Warsaw?, 1839].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/211.jpg "Portrait of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Lipschitz Rabbi of Warsaw Sitting in t")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Portrait of R. Shlomo Zalman [Lipschitz], author of Chemdat Shlomo. Lithograph by an unknown artist. [Warsaw?, 1839].
R. Lipschitz is depicted dressed in festive clothing, sitting in an elaborately decorated sukkah, with various sukkah posters featured within a large fish-shaped frame, representing the Leviathan. The rabbi's attendant is seen standing beside him, holding the Four Species. Beneath the portrait, there is a poem in honor of the rabbi (forming the acrostic: "Shlomo Zalman"), followed by the Hebrew caption "Light of the Diaspora, R. Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi of Warsaw, passed away on Tuesday, 11th Nisan 1839 at the age of 75". Polish caption: "Salomon Lipszyc. Rabin z miasta Warszawy".
R. Shlomo Zalman Lipschitz (1765-1839), born in Posen (Poznań). First rabbi of Warsaw, author of Responsa Chemdat Shlomo on the four parts of Shulchan Aruch.
Approx. 25X36.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases. Tears professionally restored. Trimmed margins. Mounted on cardboard and matted.
Portraits of similar design are documented in Magdalena Czubińska's article on rabbinic portraits in the National Museum of Cracow, but this portrait is not featured there.
See:
• In Eternal Memory Shall He Remain Righteous. Formed From the Dust of The Ground, More Splendid Than a Jewel. Lithographic Portraits of Rabbis in the Collection of the National Museum in Kraków; Printed in: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, Kraków, Vol. 11, (2013): 107-133.
• Great Jewish Treasures, by Moshe Bamberger. New York, 2015, p. 190-191.
Provenance: Kedem, Auction 93, Part 1, 31 July 2023, Lot 36.
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![Portrait of R. Shmuel Oppenheimer. Lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber. Printed by Johannes Höfelich, [Vienna], 1846.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/212.jpg "Portrait of Rabbi Shmuel Oppenheimer – Vienna, 1846 – Lithograph")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,250
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Portrait of R. Shmuel Oppenheimer. Lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber. Printed by Johannes Höfelich, [Vienna], 1846.
Under the portrait are a facsimile of his signature and a German text with a short biography.
R. Shmuel (Samuel) Oppenheimer (1630-1703) was a Jewish banker, philanthropist and court diplomat, close to Emperor Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the Emperor's finance minister and assisted him in his war against the Ottoman Empire during the Great Turkish War (1683-1699). After the Jews were expelled from Vienna in 1670, Oppenheimer was the first Jew allowed to settle in the city with his "Gesinde", a small community composed of a number of Jewish families. He took advantage of his ties with the Emperor's court to benefit his Jewish brethren.
45X28 cm. Fair condition. Many stains. Tears in several places, repaired. Mounted on cardboard and matted.
Provenance: Kedem, Auction 63, 13 November 2018, Lot 160.
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Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
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Sephardic kabbalist of Jerusalem, 1928.
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated.
22X30.5 cm. Frame: 36.5X46.5 cm. Good condition. Minor defects. Matted with tape.
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![Das israelitische Bethhaus in Pesth [The Jewish Synagogue in Pest]. [Vienna or Budapest, ca. mid-19th century].
Ink an](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/214.jpg "The Great Synagogue of Budapest – Ink and Watercolor on Paper – Austri")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $600
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Das israelitische Bethhaus in Pesth [The Jewish Synagogue in Pest]. [Vienna or Budapest, ca. mid-19th century].
Ink and watercolor on paper, signed and captioned.
Fine, richly-detailed illustration of the Neolog synagogue in Budapest. The illustration, evidently based on an engraving by Karl Schumann (published by L. Förster, Vienna, ca. 1857), with minor differences.
At bottom-left of leaf, name of architect, Ludwig Förster, who planned the synagogue and published the original engraving; to the right, "Gall. S.", perhaps the name of the illustrator of the present work.
The Neolog synagogue on Dohány Street (Dohány utcai Zsinagóga/Nagy Zsinagóga) was built in 1854-1859 and dedicated on 7th Elul (Septeber 6), 1859. Built in the Neo-Moorish style planned by Austrian architect Ludwig Förster (1797-1863). Its unique structure and central location granted it a central place in Pest community life.
35X41.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Tears, professionally restored, slightly affecting illustration. Minor marginal tears. Margins trimmed (?); trimmed signature on bottom-left margins.
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Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,000
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"Zemanei HaTefillot BeShabbat VeYom Tov" – synagogue prayer schedule plaque. [Presumably Hungary or Transylvania, early 20th century].
Ink and paint on paper; wood and glass; brass.
Large plaque designed for mounting on a synagogue wall, reminiscent in form of a clock case. The schedule itself is handwritten and painted on a large paper sheet, set within a massive wooden frame shaped like a wooden cabinet, with a glass door (on a hinge) and decorative lock mechanism, with a key.
Ten clock-like circles appear on the plaque, surrounded by a pair of columns surmounted by an arch, each with a rotatable brass hand. Names of the prayers appear in Hebrew and Hungarian, and include: for Shabbat and festivals – Kabbalat Shabbat, Shacharit, Musaf, Minchah, Ma’ariv; for weekdays – Shacharit, Minchah, Selichot, Ma’ariv, Yom Kippur Katan.
68.5X43.5X6.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, minor wear and scuffing to paper panel. Minor closed and open tears, slightly affecting text and illustrations. Minor wear, blemishes and small holes to wooden frame. Several new screws in the lid hinge.
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!["Yahrzeit" memorial plaque. [Central Europe, possibly Hungary or vicinity, 1920s].
Paint on tinplate; wooden](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/216.jpg "Hand-Painted Memorial Plaque – \"Yahrzeit\" – Central Europe, 1920s")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $500
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"Yahrzeit" memorial plaque. [Central Europe, possibly Hungary or vicinity, 1920s].
Paint on tinplate; wooden frame.
Large memorial plaque, presumably intended for synagogue display. Hand-painted on a large tinplate sheet (edges folded over a wooden frame affixed to the back), with a finely executed depiction of a grand architectural structure at whose base appears a weeping winged figure.
At top is inscribed the verse: "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided"; at bottom: "For these I weep; mine eye, mine eye runs down with water". Center inscribed with the names of four deceased – the parents and father-in-law of the plaque’s donor – who passed away between 1913 and 1921.
65X46.5 cm. Overall good condition. Minor bends and defects, with slight damage to painting. Notable defects on verso and wooden frame.
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Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $4,500
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Maaseh Toviah, astronomy and science, medicine and anatomy, by R. Toviah Katz HaRofe (Tobias Cohn, physician). Venice: Bragadin, 1707. First edition.
Fine copy, in original leather binding.
The title page is dated 1707, while the approbations are dated 1708.
Numerous illustrations and diagrams, including an engraved portrait of the author at age 48 on verso of title page.
A detailed illustration of the human body including the internal organs, paralleling it to a multi-story building, is featured on p. 106a.
The book comprises three parts, with divisional title pages. Approbation by R. David Oppenheim and Venetian rabbis. Poems in praise of the author and book.
On leaves 27-29, Zikaron Livnei Yisrael, a report on the examination of Nathan of Gaza by the rabbis of Venice (first printed on a single leaf in Venice, 1668).
On last page, license of censor in Padua (in Italian), dated 1708.
[6], 158 leaves. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Worming to endpapers and inside boards. Stamps. Original leather binding, with gilt decorations, worming and defects (open tears to corners of binding and spine).
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