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LOT 166:
(OPERA). Fromental Halévy’s “La ...
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(OPERA). Fromental Halévy’s “La Juive.”
Hebrew caption below reads: “Rachel is gripped by the executioner along with Elazar the Jewish goldsmith considered to be her father, as per the judgment of Cardinal Brogni - who in fact is [Rachel’s] father."
Few short tears at margins. Unexamined out of handsome gilt frame. 15 x 20 inches.
Vienna, Moshe Katzenellenbogen, Late 19th-century,
Portrays the dramatic fifth act of the tragic opera "The Jewess" in which Eléazar and Rachel are brought to their deaths via a cauldron of boiling water.
Jacques-François Fromental Élie Halévy (1799-1862), was a French composer primarily known for his opera La Juive.
