Portrait of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin

Pieter van den Berge

1699

Print of full-body portrait of man in hat and robes holding book with large building in background, and Hebrew writing beneath portrait.
The rhymed Hebrew inscription below the picture of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin notes that he had formerly been a cantor in Lublin and is presently serving in that role in Amsterdam, in 1699/1700. He is pictured standing in front of the synagogue on Deventer Houtmarkt (later Jonas Daniël Meijerplein).

Credits

Courtesy Allard Pierson – the Collections of the University of Amsterdam, Ros. B 4-12.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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