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Portrait of Eliseba Lopes Suasso de Pinto
Johannes Vollevens II
1727
Eliseba Lopes Suasso de Pinto, a member of the Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish community, was the wife of Abraham Suasso da Costa, a banker in the Hague. In this portrait, she is depicted smiling, in bright, opulent garments that contrast sharply with the dark landscape behind her.
Eliseba Lopes Suasso de Pinto, a member of the Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish community, was the wife of Abraham Suasso da Costa, a banker in the Hague. In this portrait, she is depicted smiling, in bright, opulent garments that contrast sharply with the dark landscape behind her.
CharactersMaenoyakh, an old citizen of BethlehemShulamis, his daughterAvisholom, a young hero descended from the Maccabees.Fourth SceneAvisholom I shall not leave here until I have restedJerusalem is…
Johannes Vollevens II was a portrait painter from the northern Netherlands, who learned to paint from his father. In 1713, he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura, a club in the Hague that had broken away from the existing artist’s guild in the Hague in 1656.
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CharactersMaenoyakh, an old citizen of BethlehemShulamis, his daughterAvisholom, a young hero descended from the Maccabees.Fourth SceneAvisholom I shall not leave here until I have restedJerusalem is…