- 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
Not On View
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.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.