Prayer for the new month, Oil on canvas, 1827-28
Title:
Prayer for the new month
Place Made:
Poland
Date:
1827-28
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (92.1 × 56.8 cm)
Credit Line:
The Rose and Benjamin Mintz Collection
Accession Number:
M 344

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Gemini is rendered here as two men rowing a boat, a rare depiction that may relate to ancient illustrations of Castor and Pollux. They were the original Greco-Roman Gemini pair and the patrons of sailors. Virgo is shown as a mermaid, and Sagittarius is represented by a hunting scene. This prayer once hung in the Great Synagogue of Maków Mazowiecki in Poland, which was destroyed during the Holocaust.

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