Objekt 5
Jewish merchants
Description
The model for this group of Jews is by Hieronymus Hess. It shows a group of stereotypically depicted Jews characterized as dealers in old goods and old clothes. At that time, most Jewish merchants still lived in the villages of nearby Alsace and came to Basel only to trade.
Object description
Anton Sohn workshop, Zizenhausen near Stockach (Baden-Württemberg), mid 19th century.
Clay, molded, fired, painted
Gift of Dr. Margarethe Pfister Burkhalter, Basel.
Inv. 1987.710.