Antisemitic caricature of an old Jewish man eating pork sausage
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Satirical color print, Das Höchste in der Kunst, Gabriel Max übertroffen [The Supreme Art exceeding Gabriel Max]. It depicts an old Orthodox Jewish man with few teeth eating a pork sausage. The image ridicules his appearance as well as a hypocrite for eating pork, which is forbidden by kosher dietary rules. The reference to Gabriel Max may refer to the successful Austrian painter, Gabriel von Max. In addition to religious works and portraits, Max was known for his paintings of monkeys, often in human poses. This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Color print of an old Jewish man with an open, grinning mouth with only a few teeth, preparing to bite into the first of 2 linked sausages he holds in his hands. He has steotypical Jewish features: hooded eyes, a long, hooked nose, side curls and unkempt beard, and wears a fuzzy black felt hat with blue streaks and long sleeved green and blue tunic.
front, top, title, ink : Das Höchste in der Kunst! / Gabriel Max übertroffen! [The highest in the art! Gabriel max exceeded him! front, bottom left, ink : ?NGERER & Gch. front, bottom, caption, Fraktur font, ink : Ein Kopf, der je nach dem Standpunkte der Beobachtung drei Stücke spielt, die Augen geschlossen halten, sie ausschlagen und zugleich / damit schielen kann. / (Das Original, gemalt von Ernst Tuch für den „Heurigen” - Abend des Albrecht Dürer-Vereins, ist im Expeditionslokal des „Figaro”: Stadt, Schulerstraße Nr. 13, für Jedermann [The head, depending on the standpoint of observation does three parts, eyes closed, turn them down, and at the same time squint. (The original, painted by Ernst Tuch for the “Heurigen” Evening of Albrecht Durer-Association, is in the local Expedition of “Figaro” for everyone: City, Schulerstraße No. 13.)
Subjects
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--Germany--Pictorial works.
- Jews in art--Germany--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Antisemitism in art--Germany.
- German wit and humor--19th century--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Art
- Object