Lot 353
"Ahavat Zion" - Printed Micrography
"Ahavat Zion" [Love of Zion], a printed micrography, created by Joseph Brilliant [created, originally, by R. Shmuel Schulman]. [Jerusalem, after 1900].
Micrography - view of Jerusalem, surrounded by trees with musical instruments hanging on them, "…as the Jews did when on the rivers of Babylon" (Hebrew). The text: verse about Zion and David; books of Ezra and Nehemia. Written on the bottom: "made by… Joseph Brilliant" but in fact the micrography was created by R. Shmuel Schulman (a Scribe and micrography artist) and reprinted by Joseph Brilliant after Schulman's death in 1900.
For additional information about this micrography and about Schulman, see: Omanut Ve-Umanut Be'Eretz Israel Ba-Mea Ha-Tesha Esreh [Arts and Crafts in the land of Israel in the 19th century (Hebrew)] (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1979), pp. 141-145.
36.5X30.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many creases and folding marks. Some stains. Margins cut unevenly, close to the printed frame.
