Creator Bio
Abraham de Chaves
17th Century
Abraham de Chaves was a scribe and artist active in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Esther Scroll
The Book of Esther (also known as the Scroll [megillah] of Esther) is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example of an illustrated scroll from the Netherlands (shown here with a page of…