Marriage Contract. Copper-engraving on vellum. The text in brown ink, Sephardi cursive Hebrew script. Uniting David ben Joseph de Pinto and Clara bat Aaron de Pinto. Signed (twice) by Haham Solomon Ayllon below

(KETHUBAH)

Amsterdam

10th Shevat, 1722

Engraved within the famed “Sephardi Borders”, with couple at top right clasping hands and allegory of the virtue “Charity” top left

Sabar 169 (though compare nos. 171-2 for variations and developments of style); see Memorbook, p.148

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. For decades the name of the revered Haham Isaac Aboab da Fonseca and the date of his death was recorded at the lower margin of every Kethubah See also Lot (****) Netherlands