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Bernard Picart

1725

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Bernard Picart, 1725. Voorbereiding op Pesach en de viering van de Pesachmaaltijd. L'Examen du Levain &c / Le Repas de Pasques chez les Juifs Portugais. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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

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Bernard Picart

1673–1733

Bernard Picart (also known as Picard) was a French draftsman, engraver, and illustrator best known for his 266 engravings in Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the People of the World; 1723–1737). Born in Paris, the son of Etienne Picart, a famous engraver, he settled in Amsterdam in the early eighteenth century and established a printing workshop and engraving school.

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