"A Bronze Bust of Nathan the Wise [Natan Mudryi]." Bronze on stonebase. Inscribed and dated 1927. 10H x 10W x 5D".
The bust depicts Nathan the Wise as he confronts the Inquistors, who raid a secret Passover seder.
The story of Nathan the Wise is from the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1779). The play, and specifically the character Nathan the Wise, makes a plea for tolerance of the Jewish faith and religious tolerance in general.
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