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Broadsheet Accompanying Model of the Tabernacle
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This broadsheet is based on a famous model of the Temple in Jerusalem, owned by Jacob Judah Leon, a rabbi from the Netherlands. Probably produced in Amsterdam, the poster includes illustrations of the…

Contributor:

Jacob Judah Leon Templo

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1652

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Temple, Cities, Portrait, Art

Categories:

Print & book culture, Architecture
Broadsheet with Dutch text on left and right margins, with large illustrated map in the middle of many squares and lines. Around the map are five images in squares: a man in hat and moustache, layers of priestly garments, a smaller map, rectangular building, and items of worship such as a candelabrum.
Alte Synagogue (Berlin)
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Built by the non-Jewish architect Michael Kemmeter, the Alte Synagoge (Synagogue) was the first edifice in Berlin built specifically to serve this function. Originally known as the Heidereutergasse…

Contributor:

Michael Kemmeter, Anna Maria Werner, A.B. Goblin, Friedrich August Calau

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1714

Subjects:

Synagogue, Print, Cities, Community, Art

Categories:

Architecture, Print & book culture
Print engraving of room interior with central podium, Torah ark on far wall, and rows of pews on either side of podium, with German and Hebrew text below.
The de Pinto Family House
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The de Pinto family were wealthy merchant bankers who lived in Amsterdam from the seventeenth century on. In the Iberian Peninsula, members of the family converted to Christianity at the end of the…

Contributor:

Romeyn de Hooghe

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Economic life, Family, Animals

Categories:

Architecture, Print & book culture
Print of city street with horse-drawn carriages and building facade.