A Memento Mori

Benjamin Senior Godines

1681

Painting with Hebrew and Portuguese text throughout, and depiction of man in graveyard accompanied by servant seeing decaying corpse being picked apart by crows.
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Benjamin Senior Godines

17th Century

Benjamin Senior Godines was a Dutch Jewish engraver and calligrapher active in Amsterdam, ca. 1679–1690. He is credited with several paintings and illustrations for birkonim (Grace after Meals booklets). He was the brother of the prominent poet and translator Moses Belmonte.

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