Pair of Torah Finials

ArtistAttributed to Willem Hendrik Rosier Dutch, Amsterdam, 1707–1775

Datecirca 1765

MediumSilver, brass, partly gilded

Dimensions16 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (42.2 x 14 cm)

ClassificationsMetal

Credit LinePurchased with funds from Margaret and Douglas Abrams, Marion Meyer-Robboy and Stanley Robboy, Connie C. and Robert D. Shertz, Laura and David Brody, Joan and Kalman Cohen, David C. Falk Sr., Elizabeth Kanof Levine and Ronald Levine, and other Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery

Object number2007.1/a-b

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ProvenanceCreated Amsterdam, ca. 1765; Great Synagogue, Amsterdam, ca. 1765(?); seized by German Occupation forces, ca. 1943; returned to Jewish Community of Amsterdam (NIHS), after 1945; [Sotheby’s, New York, December 13, 2006, no. 110]; sold to NCMA, 2006.

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