After Glicenstein established a reputation in Paris, winning a silver medal in 1900, his bronze, ‘Messiah’, was reportedly shown alongside Rodin's own work, at the latter's suggestion, in the central Rotunda of the Grand Palais in Paris in 1906; later the same year, upon Rodin’s recommendation, Glicenstein was elected an honorary member of the Société des Beaux-Arts. The Ben Uri minutes for 1921 record the purchase of Glicenstein's bronze sculpture, Messiah, after lengthy negotations, observing: 'In fact, the Society should be congratulated for enriching its collection with such a work, emphasising that following financial negotiations, the total reached £110. £60 was given as a deposit and the remaining £50 to be paid on the 1st January 1922'. Glicenstein also executed a bronze relief of this work in 1914.