About this motif
The philosopher Moses Mendelssohn was one of the great figures of the Enlightenment in Berlin and a model for Lessing's "Nathan the Wise". He was buried in the old Jewish cemetery on Große Hamburger Straße.
Holleck-Weithmann's etching shows his gravestone with its Hebrew inscription and his name, surrounded by ivy and old trees; below it reads "Old Berlin, Grave of the Philosopher Moses Mendelssohn". Image about 12 x 16 cm, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
