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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1725

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Food and drink, Family, Sephardic

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows women and girls in kitchen looking through cupboards and cleaning the table. Bottom shows eight individuals around a dining table in ornate room with lit fire in fireplace.
Medal Commemorating the Opening of the Dutch Jewish Orphanage in Amsterdam
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This bronze medal by Jacques Elion commemorates the opening of a Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam. The Hebrew inscription reads: “Orphanage.” It was customary for Jewish communities to issue medals to…

Contributor:

Jacques Elion

Places:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date:

1865

Subjects:

Sephardic, Art, Children, Cities, Coins, Family

Categories:

Decorative arts, Coins
Medal depicting building.