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This depiction of a Jewish doctor is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have also created the illustrations in the book. Considered at the time a key source of…
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Nicolas de Nicolay
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1568
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The physician and surgeon Issachar Baer Teller received his medical training by studying and practicing with other physicians in Prague. He completed his studies under the guidance of Joseph Solomon…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1637
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This is one of three known portraits of Jacob Judah Leon Templo, who was famous for his elaborate wooden model of the Temple of Solomon, which he turned into a traveling exhibition and showed and…
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Shalom Italia
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640–1649
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This engraving by Willem Jacobsz Delff is based on an earlier portrait of scholar Joseph Solomon Delmedigo by Willem Cornelisz Duyster.
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Willem Jacobsz
Places:
Delft, Dutch Republic (Delft, Netherlands)
Date:
1628
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Rembrandt van Rijn lived in the part of Amsterdam where the artists’ guild (St. Luke’s Guild) was located. By coincidence, it was also home to a number of Jews. Rembrandt’s artworks attest to an…
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Rembrandt van Rijn
Places:
Dutch Republic (Netherlands)
Date:
1647