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One of the world's greatest dynasties was also powered by women, whose tales are now told through the family's magnificent art collection at NYC's Jewish Museum through August 13
The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites (oh, and also drug lords).