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Portrait of Menasseh Ben Israel
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Born to converso parents and baptized as Manoel Dias Soeiro, Menasseh Ben Israel moved as a boy with his family to Amsterdam, where they reverted openly to Judaism. In 1626, he established the first…

Contributor:

Shalom Italia

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640–1649

Subjects:

Portrait, Scholarship, Writing, Print, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Portrait print of man in skullcap and beard with Latin text in oval frame, Latin text below, and small illustration of man with walking stick and Hebrew book above.