The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue, Albrecht Altdorfer, 1519


The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue, 1519, Etching, Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. ( × cm), Prints, Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480–1538 Regensburg), In the muted light of an open doorway and a rosette window, two Jewish men are shown walking through the entry porch of the Regensburg synagogue. Altdorfer made two etchings of the temple just before it was destroyed on February 22, 1519: this view and one of the interior nave


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