Title

Ceremony of the Shofar, Rosh ha-Shanah, 1725. Artist: Bernard Picart

Caption

Ceremony of the Shofar, Rosh ha-Shanah, 1725. Engraving showing Jewish men in a synagogue celebrating the first day of the Jewish New Year. The shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn, is traditionally sounded on Rosh ha-Shanah, the Day of Judgment, also known as the Feast of the Trumpets. The engraver Bernard Picart was born a Catholic in Paris. His depictions of Jewish ritual and tradition are an important resource for the study of Jewish life as well as being of interest from an art historical perspective.
From the Jewish Chronicle Archive

Date

1725

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B71_134

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (2,4Mb) / 16,1in x 12,1in / 4825 x 3618 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male interior indoors man men ceremony music religious arts religion chandelier guy horn lighting Judaism Jewish ritual trumpet century musical instrument inside concept New Year judgement B&W JEW MONOCHROME judgment synagogue shofar Rosh Hashanah black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century religious practices Rosh ha-Shanah photograph Bernard Picart Picart Bernard photograph