Auction 33 · Lot 181
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $10,000–$12,000
- Hammer price
- $10,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Bayonne
Publication
1758
Description
Kethubah [Marriage Contract] “On Wednesday, the 3rd of Teveth, in the year 5518 Anno Mundi, here in Bayonne, on the Rivers L’Adour and Nive…David son of R. Abraham de Leon said to Esther daughter of Isaac Lopez de Leon…” “Afirmo yo David rab. De Leon” [Affirmed, I Rabbi David de Leon]. Witnesses: Jacob Attias, Daniel Alvarez Pereira
summary
“The floral motifs decorating the Kethubah are typical of French folk art.”
The Atlantic port of Bayonne, not far from the Spanish border, became a safe haven for Spanish Marranos desirous of returning to their ancestral religion of Judaism
Exhibited: Yeshiva University Museum, The Sephardic Journey (1992), See Catalogue, number 561 (illustrated)
Framed. 16 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches
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