Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

The Jews in the Age of Rembrandt
(149 words)

Editors

Ruth E. Levine, Susan W. Morgenstein.

Imprint

Washington, D.C., USA, 1981. xi, 84 pp., illustrations: 64 b&w, 28 × 25.5 cm. English.

Location

Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Weiner Judaic Museum (1 November 1981–10 January 1982)

Description

Dutch Jewry in the 17th C. Preface by Ruth E. Levine and Susan W. Morgenstein. General essay on Amsterdam Jewry in this period by Simon M. Schama, “Book Printing and Fine Art Printing in Seventeenth Century Amsterdam” (Jane M. Farmer), and “The Jews in the Age of Rembrandt” (Cynthia von Bogendorf-Rupprath), which includes sections on maps, architecture, ceremonies and customs, portraits, and Old Testament scenes. Descriptive entries, each with illustration. 56 items.

main keywords

AMSTERDAM
BIBLICAL IMAGES
HEBREW PRINTING, AMSTERDAM
PORTRAITS
PRINTED BOOKS
PRINTS

minor keywords

Menasseh ben Israel
Netherlands
Paintings
Prints, biblical images
Prints, cemeteries
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, Jewish homes/residences
Prints, synagogues
Rembrandt van Rijn
Salom Italia, Menasseh ben Israel portrait
Synagogues, Amsterdam

Related ephemera

Itemized listing of 56 objects, leaflet, 8 pp., 1 b&w illus., 27.3 × 22.8 cm.

Cite this page
“The Jews in the Age of Rembrandt”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 05 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0691>
First published online: 2019



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