Weibertefille

(WOMEN)

?Dutch

?18th Century

Engraved etching on vellum, hand-colored with three illustrations depicting the three Duties of the Jewish Married Woman: The lighting of Sabbath candles, taking of Challah and observance of Family Purity

Entirely unrecorded. This delightful engraving was most probably commissioned to serve as the title or frontispiece of a book, very possibly a unique work. For a similar etching see M.H.Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry” (1971) p.185 no.7 JIM: HERE ENDS MANUSCRIPTS SECTION. AND STARTS SECTION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS PLEASE PLACE HEADER: EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIAN-JEWISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS LOTS: 502-524