From court Jews to the Rothschilds : art, patronage, and power : 1600-1800

Folger bibliographic ID: 97511
Folger call number: DS135.E83 F761 1996
Folger holdings ID: 98126

General notes

"This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition From Court Jews to the Rothschilds: Art, Patronage, and Power, 1600-1800, held at the Jewish Museum, New York, 8 September 1996-17 January 1997"-- Title page verso Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-249) and index

Contents

Court Jews before the Hofjuden / Yosef Kaplan -- Court Jews in economics and politics / Michael Graetz -- Riches and Dangers : Glickl bas Judah Leib on court Jews / Natalie Zemon Davis -- The Case of Alexander David of Braunschweig / Ralf Busch -- The Despised Queen of Berlin Jewry, or the life and times of Esther Liebmann / Deborah Hertz -- The Last of the court Jews : Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his sons / Fritz Backhaus -- Melding worlds : court Jews and the arts of the baroque / Richard I. Cohen and Vivian B. Mann

Extended title: From court Jews to the Rothschilds : art, patronage, and power : 1600-1800 / edited by Vivian B. Mann and Richard I. Cohen ; with essays by Fritz Backhaus ... [et al.]

Court Jews Art patronage Rothschild family Jews Art and state

subject: Rothschild family
associated with: Mann, Vivian B
associated with: Cohen, Richard I
associated with: Backhaus, Fritz
associated with: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)