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A NEW TRADITION: JEWISH PORTRAITURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM
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COHEN, MARGARET WINTERS
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Year and Degree
2003, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Art History.
Abstract
Portraiture was very popular in seventeenth-century Amsterdam, and not only among the city's Christian citizens. Due to economic opportunities and a tolerant atmosphere, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews developed communities in Amsterdam. The Sephardic Jews in particular commissioned portraits. However, while Jewish portraiture was common in Amsterdam, it was very unusual throughout the rest of Europe at this time. This thesis explores the reasons behind Amsterdam's strong tradition of Jewish portraiture. The first chapter is and overview of the Jewish settlement in Amsterdam. The second and third chapters examine the economic and cultural factors that influenced the commissioning of portraits by Jews. The last chapter compares Jewish portraiture in other European countries to Amsterdam.
Committee
Kristi Nelson (Advisor)
Pages
65 p.
Subject Headings
Art History
Keywords
Jewish portraits
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portraits Amsterdam
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Dutch art
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Jewish art
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Golden Age Dutch art
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COHEN, M. W. (2003).
A NEW TRADITION: JEWISH PORTRAITURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054309065
APA Style (7th edition)
COHEN, MARGARET.
A NEW TRADITION: JEWISH PORTRAITURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM.
2003. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054309065.
MLA Style (8th edition)
COHEN, MARGARET. "A NEW TRADITION: JEWISH PORTRAITURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054309065
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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