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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer – "The Jew Süß" – Rare, High–Quality, Hand–Colored Engraving – Germany, 1738
Joseph Süß Oppenheimer… Engraving by Ioh. [Iohann?] Gustav Kleckler, hand–colored. Publisher, place and year not indicated. [Germany, ca. 1738]. German.
High–quality, hand–colored engraving, printed on thick paper, portraying the life of Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer, accompanied with illustrations and verses describing his life story. This engraving is presumably part of a group of publications circulated shortly after his execution.
Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer (1698–1738) was a court Jew, banker and financial advisor to Duke Karl Alexander of Würtemberg. After the Duke's sudden death, Oppenheimer was charged for a variety of offenses: treason, abusing his position and authority for his personal gain, embezzlement of public funds and licentious lifestyle; he was hanged and his body left in a suspended cage for six years (this cage is featured in most engravings depicting his story). See also items 232 and 233.
Compare: Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main (ISG FFM) Best. S7Z (Zeitbilder) No. 1614-4.
Engraving: 29.5X21.5 cm; leaf: 32.5X23.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor tears, professionally restored. Minor creases. Paper residue on verso.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 117.011.019.
Rare.