Jewish Funeral in Ouderkerk

Romeyn de Hooghe

1675–ca. 1695

Print engraving of people on boat docking at a graveyard and lifting out a tomb.
This etching depicts a body being brought for burial in the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish cemetery at Ouderkerk, the oldest Jewish cemetery (est. 1614) in the Netherlands, located on the Amstel River.

Credits

Romeyn de Hooghe, after Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, Trekschuit bij Portugees-Joodse begraafplaats Beth Haim te Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, 1675–c. 1695. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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

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Creator Bio

Romeyn de Hooghe

1645–1708

Active in the Netherlands, Romeyn de Hooghe was a prolific engraver, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor who produced over 3500 prints. His graphic political satires are considered the first of their kind. 

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