B. Schatz Original Bezalel Silver Plaque Judaica

Herzel, Sterling Silver plaque, Bezalel period, with casted signature of the artist in Hebrew on the bootom right side, 2.3x3.1" (6x8cm) Plaque was casted in the middle of the 20th century from the mold created by Schatz between 1905-1908.
Plaque is in excellent condition.
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Boris Schatz (1867-1932) was born in 1867. He was sent for rabbinical studies in Vilna, the "Jerusalem" of Hebrew learning in Eastern Europe. The big city extended his horizons. After a short while he traveled to Paris where he achieved his maturity as an artist along with fame and success for he accepted the invitation from the King of Bulgaria to become the court's artist and head of the Royal Academy and Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria. Prof. Schatz had founded the famous and prominent Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. Only a man with full devotion and great insight could, in 1905, dream that Jerusalem would become the capital of the Jewish State and center of art and Hebrew culture.
In addition Schatz was one of the founders of the Bezalel National Museum in Jerusalem that along the years became Israel's largest and most famous museum, the Israel Museum. His devotion to the idea of Bezalel and its realization has added to his own artistic expression. The mixture of Jewishness and art inspired his work. His preferred media was bas-relief which he mastered with elegance and power. Allowing light to play on his silver cast creations, he portrayed Jeremiah the Prophet, Ben Yehuda, Jewish woman blessing the candles and more. His subject matters, dignified and proud, were taken from biblical heritage, traditional Jewish life and faces of inspiring Jewish personalities.
Schatz died in 1932 and is definitely considered as the father of Israeli art.

Herzel >is a beautiful silver plaque presenting a distinguished portrait of the famous Zionist thinker, Benyamin Zeev Herzel. It was casted by Schatz's wife from the original mold created by Schatz in the beginning of the 20'th century. On the left side of the portrait there is an engravedmessage in Hebrew saying I believe the Maccabees will rise again, a generation of Jews who want to be redeemed and shall be redeems. On the right side of the portrait is an image of Moses with a small engraving at his side which identifies him. As in many of his plaques, Schatz uses great detail and realistic treatment in creating these marvelous images.

* * * An official CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY issued by Bineth Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel) will be provided with this work upon request * * *

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