Caspar Luyken was a Dutch printmaker, known for his etchings, who learned the craft of book illustration from his father, Jan. Both of them worked mostly in Amsterdam. Between 1699 and 1705, Caspar worked in Nuremberg, Germany, where he collaborated with German print publisher and art dealer Christoph Weigel on the production of illustrated books.
Regarding that which is written: a man’s gift [makes room for him] (Proverbs 18:16), this means that the gift itself, which one personally gives to the poor, will make room for him. When you provide…
This depiction of a Jewish doctor is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have also created the illustrations in the book. Considered at the time a key source of…
Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…