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De Pinto Etrog Container
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During the holiday of Sukkot, four plant species are used in rituals in the synagogue. One of these is the etrog (citron). While containers to protect the etrog later became more common, they were…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Dutch Republic (Netherlands)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Sukkot, Holidays, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Silver oval container of decorative leaf design and woven, embroidered case next to it.
Sukkot Celebrations
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Synagogue, Food and drink, Sephardic

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Print of two scenes: top shows a procession of men in prayer shawls holding branches through a synagogue. Bottom shows a group of people eating at a table in a tabernacle.