Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner |
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The Amsterdam Haggadah
Amsterdam, Netherlands Printers: Asher Anschel ben Eliezer Hazan and Issachar Baer ben Avraham Eliezer Financed by Moshe ben Yoseph Wiesel Illustrator: Avram bar Ya’aqov Letterpress and copper engraving on paper H: 31; W: 29.5 cm The Feuchtwanger Collection, purchased and donated by Baruch and Ruth Rappaport, Geneva Accession number: HF 0444 ; 181/028 |
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The letters and illustrations of the Amsterdam Haggadah, made in the engraving technique, became very popular in European Jewish communities. Eighteenth-century scribes boasted of using the very same script, which came to be known as “Amsterdam letters.” Publications: Shachar, Isaiah, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1981 Peled-Carmeli, Haviva, Illustrated Haggadot of the Eighteenth Century, The Israel Museum, 1983, English Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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