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Don Francisco Lopes Suasso (Abraham Israel Suasso, 1657–1710) was born in Amsterdam, the oldest child of wealthy Portuguese Jewish banker Antonio Lopes Suasso. Francisco followed in his father’s…
Contributor:
Bernard de Jongere Lens
Places:
London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1717
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Don Francisco (Abraham Israel) Lopes Suasso (ca. 1657–1710) was a prominent financier of Portuguese Jewish heritage. In 1688, he lent Prince William of Orange two million guilders, enabling him to…
Contributor:
Nicolaes Maes
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
ca. 1677
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Eliseba Lopes Suasso de Pinto, a member of the Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish community, was the wife of Abraham Suasso da Costa, a banker in the Hague. In this portrait, she is depicted smiling, in…
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Johannes Vollevens II
Places:
The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1727
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Born in London, as a young girl Abigaill Levy immigrated with her parents to New York City. In 1712, she married Jacob Franks, with whom she would have nine children. Despite his Ashkenazic family…
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Gerardus Duyckinck I
Places:
New York City, Kingdom of Great Britain (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1735
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Don Antonio Lopes Suasso (1614–1685) was born in Bordeaux, one of ten children born to New Christian parents of Portuguese Jewish origin. Apparently, his parents intended for Antonio to enter the…
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Artist Unknown
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1685
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This portrait of Jacob Judah Leon Templo, one of three that are known, is believed to be a self-portrait. In it, he clutches a coat of arms featuring a lion, which he himself designed, and holds a…
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Jacob Judah Leon Templo
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
After 1652
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In a self-portrait from ca. 1721, Catherine da Costa depicts herself at work in a studio, painting a portrait of mother and child that resembles paintings of the Madonna and child.
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Catherine da Costa
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
ca. 1720
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Among Catherine da Costa’s surviving paintings is the full-length portrait of her father, Dr. Fernando Mendes (1647–1724). Mendes was a prominent Jewish physician, who attended both King Charles II…
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1721
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The illustrations Tracht der Juden zu Worms (Jewish Men’s and Women’s Clothing in Worms) show a man and woman in typical Jewish fashion of the sixteenth century. The woman wears a white veil and…
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Artist Unknown
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Worms, Habsburg Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
16th Century
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The identity of the sitter for Portrait of Court Jew with Ring is unknown. It is possible that the man in the picture is Jost Liebmann (also known as Juda Berlin), a Court Jew and jeweler in Berlin…
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Anton Schoonjans
Places:
Berlin, Holy Roman Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1702