Jewish Divorce Proceedings

Jan Luyken

1683

Print image of men and one woman in room, next to man sitting at raised desk.

This engraving from a Dutch translation of Leone Modena’s Historia de’ riti Ebraici (History of the Jewish Rites) pictures a Jewish divorce ceremony in Amsterdam, in which the wife is presented with a get (a writ of divorce). 

Credits

Jan Luyken, Joodse echtscheiding, 1683. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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

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Creator Bio

Jan Luyken

1649–1712

Jan Luyken was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver. Born in Amsterdam, he learned engraving from his father, Caspar Luyken. In 1671, he published a volume of erotic poetry but only a few years later, he became a Baptist and turned to writing mystical, religious poems.

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