{"id":8165,"date":"2023-11-03T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mjb-jmb.org\/?page_id=8165"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:26:22","slug":"recent-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mjb-jmb.org\/en\/collection\/recent-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a museum institution, the mission of the Jewish Museum of Belgium is to collect, safeguard, exhibit and showcase objects and documents that reflect the diversity of Jewish life and traditions in Belgium and around the world over the course of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Orchid\u00e9a” medallion carved in ivory by Philippe Wolfers, depicting his wife Sophie Willst\u00e4dter in profile, 1896,
\u00a9 Cedric Verhelst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Orchid\u00e9a” medallion carved in ivory by Philippe Wolfers, depicting his wife Sophie Willst\u00e4dter in profile, 1896,
\u00a9 Cedric Verhelst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each year, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles offers museums that have signed an agreement or are recognized by it, the opportunity to submit a request for the acquisition of a work of art or a collection object that is purchased and placed on deposit to increase or complete the museum’s collections. This year, the JMB submitted a request for the acquisition of the “Orchid\u00e9a” medallion carved in ivory by Philippe Wolfers, representing his wife Sophie Willst\u00e4dter in profile and dating from 1896. The medallion was proposed by Thomas Deprez Fine Arts, one of Belgium’s leading suppliers of exceptional fin-de-si\u00e8cle antiques. The bid was accepted. This key work by the famous Art Nouveau jeweller and sculptor will thus enrich our collections and, once the Museum reopens after renovation work, will be featured in the new scenography. Philippe Wolfers, a brilliant jack-of-all-trades, gave Louis Wolfers, P\u00e8re et Fils (renamed Wolfers fr\u00e8res in 1987) its true international artistic influence. He exercised his talents not only as a jeweler, but also as a sculptor, medalist, interior designer and industrial artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the process, he became a virtuoso in goldsmithing, jewelry, glass, furniture and sculpture. Early in his artistic career, he was responsible for the great success of chryselephantine sculpture in Belgium. His technical mastery and stylistic purity in ivory work earned him an international reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue velvet Talit bag containing a prayer shawl that belonged to Robert Cohen, world boxing champion. Donated by Michel and Alexandre Cohen. Placed in the permanent exhibition. Invent. 18320<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Painting by Emmanuel Man\u00e9 Katz (1894 – 1962), The rabbi holding the Torah in front of the synagogue. Gift: Friends of the Jewish Museum of Belgium. Placed in the permanent exhibition. Invent. 18241<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Treatise on Dietetics by Ludovicus Nonnius (Louis Nunez), Marrano Jewish physician, one of Rubens’ doctors, 1646. Invent: 18222<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bronze statuette, model of the sculpture for the Monument aux troupes du G\u00e9nie, by Charles Samuel, 1928. IAchat chez Thomas Deprez Fine Arts antiquaire au Sablon. Invent. 18130<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drawing on paper heightened with watercolor by Harry Bloomfield, depicting the “Wandering Jew”, Brussels 1905, signed, dated and dedicated to Jehan Ad\u00e8s, a theater actor who notably performed “Le roi Bombance” by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Invent. 18303<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Small granite tombstone found by chance in a garden in the rue basse, Uccle. Gravestone of Mo\u00efse Salomon Schott\/Schotten, born in 1774 and died in Brussels in 1845. Stone placed in the permanent exhibition. Gift: Thibaut de Haas, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Rousseau. Invent: 17773.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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LARGE TORAH WREATH. Poland, circa 1880. Traditional style with eight stag heads and alternating ribs and lions. It is topped by a second small wreath. Height 13 inches. Animal decoration. A passage in Pirkei Avot (Mishna) book 5, 23 states: “Be strong like a leopard, light\/bright like an eagle, swift like a stag and mighty like a lion, to do the will of your father in heaven”. The crown’s animal decorations include the eagle at the top, the stag and the lion. J. Greenstein & Co. New York. Gift: Philippe Blondin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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