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    Artist

  • Plessner, Jacob, 1871-1936

    • Title

  • Moses Mendelssohn

  • Physical Description

    1 sculpture : bronze ; 29.3 x 21.6 x 19 cm. ; 11.5" x 8.5" x 7.25"

  • Date

    1929

  • Notes

    Subject's name engraved on base.

  • Summary

    Waist-length half figure of Mendelssohn with a book tucked under his left arm while his right hand is upturned and outstretched, as if trying to elucidate some question.

  • Depicted

    Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786

  • Subject

    Books

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Sculpture

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was a prominent German-Jewish philosopher during the Enlightenment. He supported the movement for Jews to assimilate to the German bourgeoisie.

Jacob Plessner (1871-1936) was a German sculptor active mainly in Berlin. He studied under Kurt Westphal at the Art Academy in Berlin between 1896 and 1901.

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Plessner, Jacob: Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck Institute, 61.74.