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Portrait of Daniel Levi de Barrios and his family
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This phantasmagoric portrait of poet and playwright Daniel Levi (Miguel) de Barrios and his family is from Imperio de Dios en la harmonia del mundo (God’s Empire in the Harmony of the World), a…

Contributor:

Aron de Chavez

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1689

Subjects:

Portrait, Family, Angels, demons & deities, Music

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Print portrait of seated figure with a dragon under his feet and an angel above him, next to an armed figure standing and holding a flag, and a boy pointing to the angel, with Spanish text around the edge and in several places in the scene.
Surgical Illustration
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These pages are from a manuscript, De dificuldade de ourinar (On Difficulty in Urinating), by a Jewish physician and surgeon in Amsterdam, Samuel de Leon Benavente (1643–1722). He was known for his…

Contributor:

Samuel Benavente

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Medicine, Health, Scholarship, Profession, Education

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Medicine, Cartooning & graphic art
Facing-page manuscript with illustration on right page depicting individual lying on operating table with two men in curly wigs in coats and breeches holding down his wrists and feet and another with his hand on patient's shoulders; and left page with Portuguese text only.