Caption
The Church of the Jews, The Portuguese Jewish Church, View of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, print, book illustration, with Rapenburgerstraat on the left and Deventer Houtmarkt (the current Jonas Daniël Meijerplein) on the right. Various figures are depicted. Numbered top right: Page 160. Below the image, the title in Dutch and French., check stamp: 'Archief Ministerie van Oorlog Afdeeling Genie', printmaker: Daniël Stoppendaal, Amsterdam, publisher: Covens & Mortier & Covens Jr. (possibly), 1685 - 1726, 1772, Daniël Stopendaal, paper, etching, engraving, height 173 mm x width 196 mm, Current state of print also used in: Le guide, ou nouvelle description d'Amsterdam, enseignant aux voyageurs, et aux negocians (…) Avec une description de sa belle Maison de Ville (…). Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier & Covens Jr., p. 160., the Synagogue (as building and place of worship, Jewish religion), street (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), 'Sephardim', Jewish communities, Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam), An engraving showing a large rectangular building with a decorative roofline and balustrade, tall arched windows on its lower level and square windows above, flanked by smaller buildings with pitched roofs and chimneys, a group of trees in front of the buildings, a wide open foreground where several small human figures walk and stand, a person using a pole on the water, a dog trotting along the edge, and a fenced area with evenly spaced trees; the sky above is filled with horizontal line shading and soft cloud shapes.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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