View of the Muidergracht, Across the Academy Garden, Towards the Jewish Church and Other Noteworthy
Buildings
The print shows just how striking an addition the new Portuguese (Sephardi) Synagogue (Esnoga), inaugurated in 1675, was to Amsterdam’s cityscape. Designed by Elias Bouman (1635–1686), one of the city’s leading (non-Jewish) master masons who had previously worked for a number of other Jewish clients, the Esnoga reflects the style of various prominent Dutch buildings at the time.
Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum, Amsterdam, ca. 1700. Jan van Call (1655–1703, drawing), Pieter Schenk the Elder (1660–1718 or 1719, print).
Print from the book: Jews in Old Postcards and Prints