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Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Das Laubhütten-Fest)
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim1867
The Jewish Museum, New York
New York, United States
A family celebrates Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, commemorating the dwellings of the Israelites during their wanderings in the desert. The sukkah, or booth, is usually decorated with fruit and foliage appropriate for the autumn harvest.
While father presides, raising his wine glass for the blessing, his wife and beautiful daughter gaze adoringly at the baby. Outside the sukkah, an attractive maid carries a tureen of steaming soup that amusingly catches the cat's attention. Two Christian schoolboys watch the celebration with ardent curiosity.
Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, 2000.
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- Title: Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Das Laubhütten-Fest)
- Creator: Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
- Creator Lifespan: 1800 - 1882
- Creator Nationality: German
- Date Created: 1867
- Location: Germany, Europe
- Provenance: the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952] ?.Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)
- Place Part Of: Europe
- Physical Dimensions: w559 x h646 cm
- Credit Line: Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc., 1999-92
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: https://thejewishmuseum.org/about-this-site#image-research-requests
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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