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Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam

Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam
 1675

Medium
etching
Measurements
39.0 × 49.6 cm (image) 39.2 × 49.8 cm (plate) 41.1 × 51.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein IX.117
Inscription
printed in ink (in image), l.r.: Amsterdam / Auctore / Romano de / Hooghe
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: c(L ess)renamuento / fue a 10 de / Menahem 5435 / 02 Agosto 1675
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: LIBERTAS CONSCIENT(IAE) / INCREMENTUM REIPUBLICA
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: PLATA FORMA
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: FACHATADA AESNOGA
printed in ink (in image, within medallions) u.l.-l.l., u.r-l.r.: (names of the members of the Mahamad (governing board of the community) and the building committee)
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse u.l.: A2a(b)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: 102
printed in purple ink and inscribed in pencil on reverse c.r.: (NGV stamp and acquisition details)
inscribed in pencil c.r.: Romeyn de Hooghe / Interior of a Dutch Synagogue, 1675 / Etching
Accession Number
1958.45-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Interiors Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Amsterdam (inhabited place) bemas communities (social groups) Jewish (culture or style) Netherlands (nation) synagogues (buildings) worship
Movements
Baroque