Ornament of scales - Black and White
by Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
Title
Ornament of scales - Black and White
Artist
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
Medium
Painting - Color On Paper
Description
【Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita】
『Ornament of scales (Ornament van schubben) - Black and White』 (1878–1944)
（Digital Remastered Edition）
[ 12,000px,600dpi ]
(6 June 1868 – c. 11 February 1944)
Dutch graphic artist active in the years before the Second World War.
His pupils included graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972).
A Sephardic Jew, in his old age he was sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis, where he was gassed along with his wife. After the war, de Mesquita was largely forgotten.
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March 5th, 2022
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