© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Khaimovich, Boris, 1994, Negative/Photo. No. A086554.
The painting depicts the city of Tiberius against the backdrop of the blue Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). A narrow tower rises high over the other buildings on the right side of the painting. Parched looking hills are depicted on the far side of the water.
The inscription reads:
טבריה
(Tiberius).
Name/Title
Kupa Synagogue in Kraków – Ceiling – Tiberias | Unknown
Object Detail
Date
1920-1939
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Unknown (Unknown)
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Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Bibliography
Izabella Rejduch-Samkowa and Jan Samek, eds., Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce, vol. 4: Miasto Kraków, part 6: Kazimierz i Stradom; Judaica: Bóżnice, budowle publiczne i cmentarze (Warsaw: IS PAN, 1995), p. 20.
Maria and Kaziemerz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóznice murowane na ziemiach dzwnei Rzeczypospolitej, (Warszawa: Krupski i S-ka, 1999), pp. 127-128.
Eleonora Bergman and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane Synagogi i domy molitwy w Polsce: Katalog (Żydowski Institut Historyczny, Warszawa, 1996), p. 65.
Short Name
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Volume
Page
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Documenter
Boris Khaimovich | 1994
Researcher
Boris Khaimovich | 2014
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconsdivuction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
Yeshayahu Gruber | 2015
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Object Copyright