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The Coat of Arms of Lopez and Suaço
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In the seventeenth century, members of the Suasso (Suaço, Suasco) family, bankers originally from Spain, lived in Holland and England. Antonio (Isaac) Lopez Suasso resided in The Hague during the…

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Artist Unknown

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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1676

Subjects:

Class, Jewish identity, Profession, Family, Economic life

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Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of coat of arms of two lions and ten leaves on the right and two dog-like animals on left.
A Woman Drawing Water from a Well
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Sifre ‘evronot—manuals for calculating the Jewish calendar, including leap years and holidays—were a popular genre of Ashkenazic illustrated manuscripts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

1619–1624

Subjects:

Women, Agriculture, Profession, Family, Illuminated manuscripts

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Manuscript page with illustration of woman drawing water from a well as another individual stands behind her with a pitcher of water on head, and Hebrew text above.