Terms and conditions of use
Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel
1636
Medium
etching
Measurements
13.3 × 10.6 cm (image) 14.9 × 10.7 cm (plate) 15.6 × 11.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1959
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 269; Hind 146 ii/iii; White & Boon 269 iii/iii
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Accession Number
531-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Costume Portraits
Subjects (specific)
authors cloaks collars (neckwear) facial hairstyles half figures hats men (male humans) rabbis
Movements
Baroque
Watermarks
Watermark Form
Arms of Amsterdam 
The Arms of Amsterdam motif was a popular watermark in the Netherlands and closely resembles the city's coat of arms today. The three Saint Andrew's crosses represent Amsterdam, and the two rampant lions represent the Netherlands. It is likely this paper was manufactured in France for the Dutch market, as many papers of this time were imported to the Netherlands from nearby countries.
Watermark and variant description
Arms of Amsterdam - variant D.c. Shield with three vertical fields, three St Andrew's crosses vertically in the central one. The shield supported by two lions rampant and surmounted by a crown with no decorations on the outside of the crown. The bottom of the shield level with lions' feet. The lions are not standing on a platform.
Closely related watermark references
Churchill 56 (1768), 69 (ND)
Heawood 400 (The Hague (city in Netherlands), 1724 or after, endpapers);
Tromonin 865 (1721, Stamped paper);
Likhachev (1710, stamped papers, St Petersburg).
Completeness
partial
Chain Line Interval
24-25 mm
Laid Line Frequency
10 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
? x 12|25|13 x 12
Wire Side
verso
Radiograph taken from
verso