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

Estimate: $7,000–$9,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

KETHUBAH.

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

18th Iyar, 1779

Description

Updated version of the “Sephardi borders”, with couple at top right dressed in the impeccable fashions of the period

references

Sabar 171 (though compare nos. 169 and 172 (both illustrated) for variations and developments of style)

summary

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

330x415 mm

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