Marriage Contract. Copper-engraving on vellum. The text in brown ink, Sephardi cursive Hebrew script. Uniting members of the Mendes da Costa and Teixeira de Mattos Families
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 176
KETHUBAH.
Marriage Contract. Copper-engraving on vellum. The text in brown ink, Sephardi cursive Hebrew script. Uniting members of the Mendes da Costa and Teixeira de Mattos Families
Amsterdam: 18th Iyar, 1779
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Originating in Amsterdam in the mid-17th century, the elegant design of this Kethubah was particularly desirable among European, and even Caribbean, Sephardi communities. The engraving has been attributed to the famed Shalom d’Italia, although it is unsigned