Portrait of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin
Pieter van den Berge
1699
The rhymed Hebrew inscription below the picture of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin notes that he had formerly been a cantor in Lublin and is presently serving in that role in Amsterdam, in 1699/1700. He is pictured standing in front of the synagogue on Deventer Houtmarkt (later Jonas Daniël Meijerplein).
Credits
Courtesy Allard Pierson – the Collections of the University of Amsterdam, Ros. B 4-12.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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