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This piece explores the representation of Jews in art and drama from the late 1400s to the Renaissance. Notably, it highlights a Nuremberg drawing depicting the burning of Jews and discusses the long-standing tradition of negative portrayals of Jews, especially in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." Additionally, six panels illustrate a legend involving the theft of the Virgin Mary by a Jew, part of Alfonso X's "Las Cantigas de Santa Maria." A 15th-century German woodcut shows the Jewish sow, referencing the tragic Simon of Trent case, revealing societal sentiments of the era.
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A Nuremberg drawing from the late 1400s, depicting the burning of Jews.
Portrayals of Jews in drama were a long-standing tradition by the time Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice. The Jew seems to have been the guy audiences loved to hate in medieval and Renaissance drama
Six panels illustrating a legend about the theft of a picture of the Virgin Mary by a Jew. From Las Cantigas de Santa Maria, a compilation of poetry and music by Alfonso X of Castile (1252-1284).
A 15th-century German woodcut of a Jewish sow, in this case a boar.
Allegation having killed a "Christian" child, in combination with the Jewish sow
