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Portrait of Jacob Sasportas
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Born and raised in Oran, Algeria, the talmudic scholar Jacob Sasportas served as rabbi of Tlemcen. Forced to flee Morocco due to political unrest, in 1647 he embarked on a life of wandering. In 1664…

Contributor:

Isaack Luttichuys

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

Date Unknown|Second Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Painting, Portrait, Rabbis, Kabbalah, Messianism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Portrait painting of man in robes with collar facing viewer and sitting at a desk, his hands resting on an open book and holding glasses in his left hand.