Haggadah (Amsterdam)
Joseph Leipnik
1737
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Joseph Leipnik
18th Century
The scribe and illustrator Joseph ben David came from Leipnik, in northeastern Moravia (now the Czech Republic) and lived in Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Altona, and Hamburg. In the eighteenth century, Hebrew manuscript illustration experienced a revival in Germany and Central Europe. While he was neither the most prolific nor the most skilled artist of his time, Leipnik became a famous and influential scribe and illuminator, introducing new themes and using color in innovative ways. Fifteen of his manuscripts (one illustrated by another artist) have survived, dated between 1730 and 1740, among them fourteen Haggadahs. Some information about his life, including his patrons, can be gleaned from the colophons he added to his manuscripts. He probably supplemented his income by teaching children of rich families.
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Holy Roman Empire (Altona, Germany)
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