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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.
De Pinto Psalter
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This decorated psalter was made for Aaron de Joseph de Pinto, a member of the prominent Portuguese Jewish family in Amsterdam. It is a manuscript, copied from a print edition done by David de Castro…

Contributor:

Meir Cohen Belinfante, Isaac Siprut

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Sephardic, Jewish languages

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Manuscript page of Hebrew text in center framed with decorations and figures and scenes including two cherubs holding a crown at top, a king holding a harp, and a man holding censer, both with crowns above their heads, and figures at bottom.