Bezalel Bronze Plaque Mourning the Death of Theodore Herzl
20th century
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Bronze plaque depicts men covered in tallesim (prayer shawls), praying. Border contains frame within a frame, with arched area in which bas relief picture is enclosed. Circular medallions at the upper left and right of the pictures Jewish star, and a profile bust of Theodore Herzl. Hebrew inscription below picture is the prayer, El Malei Rahamim, in memory of Theodore Herzl’s passing in 1904.
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