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This broadsheet is based on a famous model of the Temple in Jerusalem, owned by Jacob Judah Leon, a rabbi from the Netherlands. Probably produced in Amsterdam, the poster includes illustrations of the…
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Jacob Judah Leon Templo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1652
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In 1670, Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community commissioned a new synagogue, which, when finished, was the largest in the world. The master mason Elias Bouman (ca. 1636–1686), a non-Jew, who had…
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1671–1675
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Based on a painting, now lost, by Maurits Leon, this lithograph by Johannes Heinrich Rennefeld (1832–1877) seems to depict a scene from an 1837 novel about Spinoza by German Jewish author Berthold…
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Maurits Leon
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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ca. 1865–1870
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The Last Breath is one of the genre paintings depicting the lives of fishermen and their families for which Josef Israëls was best known. In this scene, a woman is weeping over the body of her husband…
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Jozef Israëls
Places:
The Hague, Netherlands
Date:
1872
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In 1670, Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community commissioned a new synagogue, which, when finished, was the largest in the world. The master mason Elias Bouman, a non-Jew who had helped design the…
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Adolf van der Laan
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1710
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Jacob Teixeira was born in Amsterdam in 1724 to Judith Nunes Henriques (b. Amsterdam, 1703–1732) and Joseph Teixeira (b. London, 1699–1775), who descended from the wealthy Portuguese Teixeira family…
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1748
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The purpose of the Torah crown is visually to augment the status of the Torah scroll, emphasizing its importance and centrality to Jewish life. These magnificent silver ornaments are placed over the…
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Wilhelmus Angenendt
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1809
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This Torah crown from Suriname was made originally in Amsterdam by Evert van Heerdan (active 1644–1683). It is a fine repoussé piece exemplifying the mastery of Dutch silverwork. Inscribed on the…
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Evert van Heerdan
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1679
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These silver and filigree Torah finials used by Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community are shaped like four-tiered towers. They have gilt bells in their arches and gilt urns on their corners and are topped…
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Artist Unknown
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1650–1700
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This sepia watercolor-over-pencil picture is representative of the romantic landscapes and cityscapes for which Salomon Leonardus Verveer was best known. His work bridges the romantic tradition in…
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Salomon Leonardus Verveer
Places:
South Holland, Netherlands
Date:
1851