(HAMBURG).
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 295
(HAMBURG).
Hamburg: 9th Shevat 1664
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,250
Reuel or Rohiel Jesurun (alias Paulo de Pina) (b. 1580), a resident of Amsterdam, relocated to Hamburg in 1627. A playwright, his religious play Dialogo dos Montes, was performed in Amsterdam in 1624. Having twice married, Jesurun's only surviving child was Sara, wife of Haham Moses Gideon Abudiente (c. 1610-1688) who was a teacher in the Sephardic community of Hamburg and a fervent Sabbatian believer. See M. and R.F. Sárraga, "The Poet Moses Gideon Abudiente and His Family in Amsterdam and Hamburg" Studia Rosenthaliana, 35:2 (2001), pp. 214-240.
Each of the signatories was distinguished in his own right: Jacob Curiel (d. 1664) represented the interests of the King of Portugal in Hamburg, Joseph Abendana was a Haham of the Hamburg community and Joseph Frances was a noted poet. See JE, Vol. I, pp. 53, 140; Vol. VI, pp. 191-194; Kayserling, pp. 8,19,47.
The Sephardic community of Hamburg, founded by Portuguese Marranos at the beginning of the seventeenth century remained influential up until its destruction following the rise of Nazism