Portrait of the Gaon of Vilna, two centuries of imagination
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Knygos dalis / Part of the book
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Anglų kalba / English
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Portrait of the Gaon of Vilna, two centuries of imagination
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Gaon of Vilnius and the annals of Jewish culture: materials of the international scientific conference, Vilnius, September 10–12, 1997. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing House, 1998. P. 164-168
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ENThe name of Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna 1720-1797, one of the greatest spiritual and intellectual leaders of Jewry in Modem times, was well known in the Jewish circles, in the Northern region of the "large" Polish kingdom. The news of his greatness reached the intelligentsia of Poland. It is no wonder that out of respect and curiosity a young Polish artist, a student at the University of Vilna whose name is unknown, prepared a pencil drawing of the face of Eliyahu which formed the basis for a later oil painting of the Gaon [p. 164].
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