- Artist/Maker:
- Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
- Bio:
- German, 1800-1882
- Title:
- The Examination (Das Verhören)
- Date:
- 1868
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 26 5/16 × 21 5/8 in. (66.8 × 54.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.
- Accession Number:
- 1999-89
Not On View
Seated in his comfortable home, a rabbi tests a student on the portion of the Bible learned during the week. To encourage the boy and perhaps lighten his ordeal, the rabbi's attractive daughter displays a plate of fruit as an eventual reward. The fruit has been interpreted as a symbol of the spirit or intellect; the boy's partaking of it serves to ensure the survival of Judaism.
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