Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism')
Among the patrons of the young C. W. Eckersberg (1783-1853), the Jewish merchant M. L. Nathanson (1780-1868) was the most important. A key figure in the process eventually leading to the Danish Jews obtaining complete legal and civic parity (1849), Nathanson can be shown to have pioneered art patron...
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| description | Among the patrons of the young C. W. Eckersberg (1783-1853), the Jewish merchant M. L. Nathanson (1780-1868) was the most important. A key figure in the process eventually leading to the Danish Jews obtaining complete legal and civic parity (1849), Nathanson can be shown to have pioneered art patronage as a platform for social and cultural integration. His commissions for patriotic "Galleries" (imitating Boydell's British Shakespeare Gallery) and for family portraits illustrate his efforts to give art a new role in this process. Hitherto ignored, so does his commission for a monumental Moses Crossing the Red Sea – a work that in its iconography, as developed by Eckersberg between 1812 and 1817, represents a remarkable fusion of Jewish, Greco-Roman and Christian elements that combined with overt loans from Raphael and Giovanni Donducci gives it a unique place in Eckersberg's oeuvre. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ff7c9004f3443a8ac4c23cbe32e61b62023-12-02T02:21:38ZdeuInternational Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA)RIHA Journal2190-33282190-33282015-05-010119Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism')Kragelund, PatrickAmong the patrons of the young C. W. Eckersberg (1783-1853), the Jewish merchant M. L. Nathanson (1780-1868) was the most important. A key figure in the process eventually leading to the Danish Jews obtaining complete legal and civic parity (1849), Nathanson can be shown to have pioneered art patronage as a platform for social and cultural integration. His commissions for patriotic "Galleries" (imitating Boydell's British Shakespeare Gallery) and for family portraits illustrate his efforts to give art a new role in this process. Hitherto ignored, so does his commission for a monumental Moses Crossing the Red Sea – a work that in its iconography, as developed by Eckersberg between 1812 and 1817, represents a remarkable fusion of Jewish, Greco-Roman and Christian elements that combined with overt loans from Raphael and Giovanni Donducci gives it a unique place in Eckersberg's oeuvre.http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2015/2015-apr-jun/kragelund-nathansonHistory paintingPortraitsPatriotic galleriesHaskalahJewish integrationJewish assimilationMoses iconographyDanish art scene |
| spellingShingle | Kragelund, Patrick Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism') RIHA Journal History painting Portraits Patriotic galleries Haskalah Jewish integration Jewish assimilation Moses iconography Danish art scene |
| title | Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism') |
| title_full | Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism') |
| title_fullStr | Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism') |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism') |
| title_short | Nathanson, Eckersberg's Moses, and Danish Haskalah ('Reformed Judaism') |
| title_sort | nathanson eckersberg s moses and danish haskalah reformed judaism |
| topic | History painting Portraits Patriotic galleries Haskalah Jewish integration Jewish assimilation Moses iconography Danish art scene |
| url | http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2015/2015-apr-jun/kragelund-nathanson |
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