[A boy martyred by the Jews in Munich]

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[A boy martyred by the Jews in Munich]

Other Title(s)

Ein Knab zu Mönchen von den Juden gemartert

Sadeler, Raphael, approximately 1560-approximately 1632, engraver
Physical Description

1 print : engraving ; 10" x 8" ; 25.4 x 21 cm
Date

1695
Notes

Titled across top, captioned across bottom.
Summary

A crowd of people looking over the body of a boy on a table. This is a plate in a series of anti-Semitic prints titled "Ritual Murder in Bavarian Localities."
Subject

Antisemitism; Antisemitism, Germany, Bavaria; Blood accusation
Medium

Engravings; Prints
Accession Number
URL

https://www.lbi.org/artcatalog/record/247157

Biographical Information

Jews were often falsely accused of secretely killing Christians as a form of ritual murder by anti-Semites. This anti-Semitic accusation is commonly called blood accusation or blood libel, because anti-Semites believed that Christian blood was used in Jewish religous rituals.

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Citation

Sadeler, Raphael, approximately 1560-approximately 1632: [A boy martyred by the Jews in Munich], Leo Baeck Institute Art and Objects Collection, 78.71c.

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