Portrait of Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
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Aernout Naghtegael, Portret van Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, 1686. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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