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Portrait of Simcha Vaz (1582–1643), painted by her son, Moses Belmonte
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Simcha (Gimar) Belmonte (born Vaz; 1582–1643) was the wife of Jakob Israel Belmonte (a poet, writer, and trader). She and her husband were among the founders of the Jewish community in Amsterdam after…

Contributor:

Moses Belmonte

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1642

Subjects:

Portrait, Women, Sephardic, Dress, Artists

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Portrait with circular border of seated older woman wearing wimple and stern expression and holding book in right hand, with Portuguese and Hebrew text below and around portrait.
Title Page of the Register of a Jewish Midwife
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This detailed bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish register kept by Roza, a Jewish midwife in the Jewish community of the Dutch city of Groningen in the years from 1794 to 1832, provides basic information about…

Contributor:

Roza

Places:

Groningen, Dutch Republic (Groningen, Netherlands)

Date:

1794

Subjects:

Life cycle, Birth, Women, Profession, Health

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Firsthand Accounts
Manuscript page with two columns of writing in Yiddish and Hebrew and a decorated border.