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Simona Di Nepi

About Simona Di Nepi

Simona Di Nepi is the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Curator of Judaica at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Pair of Torah Finials, 1649, silver, parcel gilt, 42.5 cm high, made in Rotterdam (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) — One of the earliest of its type, these architectural finials would have decorated a Torah, the sacred text of Judaism, and feature dragon-like creatures and bells

Early Dutch Torah Finials

by Simona Di Nepi and Dr. Beth Harris