Name: Antique Master Print-SYNAGOGE-JEWISH-DUTCH-SYNAGOGUE-Pool-1725
SKU: PICTURA-12063
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Antique Master Print-SYNAGOGE-JEWISH-DUTCH-SYNAGOGUE-Pool-1725

€395.00

‘SYNAGOGE DER JOODEN.
1. RABBIEN HET VOLK ZEGENENDE ONDER HET OPHEFFEN VAN DE ROLLEN DER WET.
2. LESSENAAR, OP WELKE MEN DE ROLLE DER WET ONTWIKKENT EN OPEN LEGT.
3. DE CHASAN OF ZANGER, DIE DE GEBEDEN OPHEFT.
55. VERTREKKEN VOOR DE VROUWEN, MET DUBBELGECLESE DEUR-SCHOTTEN AFGESLOTEN.
M. POOL SCULP.’

– Interior view of a Dutch synagogue filled with worshippers. A rabbi is shown holding up the Torah scroll in a ceremony, surrounded by male congregants while women observe behind grilles. A highly detailed depiction of 18th-century Jewish religious life.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 44.5 x 31.4 cm (17.52 x 12.36 inch). Image size: 42.5 x 29.2 cm. (16.73 x 11.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JEWISH WORSHIP, SYNAGOGUE INTERIOR, TORAH, AMSTERDAM, 18TH CENTURY, JEWISH CULTURE, MATTHYS POOL, DUTCH JUDAISM, ENGRAVING | PCO-B9-33

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From Augustinus Calmet, ‘Het algemeen groot … naam- en woord-boek van den gantschen H. Bybel’ (Leiden, 1725-27).

Biography engraver: Matthys Pool (1670-1732) was a Dutch engraver and printmaker active in Amsterdam. Known for topographical views, historical scenes, and depictions of Jewish life, Pool collaborated with several artists and publishers, contributing richly to visual records of his time.