Key works

Discover the richness of the mahJ’s collection through a selection of major works, representative of the diversity of artistic expressions related to Jewish history and culture.

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Vue de la synagogue ashkénaze et de la synagogue portugaise à Amsterdam
History, Fine arts

View of the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Synagogues in Amsterdam

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (Haarlem, 1638–Haarlem, 1698)

Amsterdam, 1682

Maurycy Gottlieb, Autoportrait
Fine arts

Self-Portrait

Maurycy Gottlieb (Drohobych, 1856 – Kraków, 1879)

1879

Samuel Hirszenberg, Portrait d’un écrivain juif
Fine arts

Portrait of a Jewish Writer

Samuel Hirszenberg (Łódz, 1865 – Jérusalem, 1908)

Circa 1902

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Daily life

Picture indicating the East (mizrah)

Levi David van Gelder (draughtsman and lithographer; Amsterdam, 1816 – New York, 1878)

Amsterdam, 1845

Maquette de la synagogue de Zabłudów
Synagogue*, History

Model of the synagogue in Zabłudów (Poland)

Algiers, workshop of the ORT (Organisation Reconstruction Travail) school, 1948-1950

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Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701

Rouleau d'Esther, Amsterdam, 1641
Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Esther scroll (megillat Ester)

Attributed to Shalom Italia (Mantua, circa 1619 – Amsterdam, circa 1655)

Amsterdam, circa 1641

Marc Chagall, Les portes du cimetière
Art moderne

Cemetery Gate

Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1985)

Vitebsk, 1917

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Books and manuscripts

Bible (Tanakh)

Romeyn de Hooghe (illustrations; Amsterdam, 1645 – Haarlem, 1708)

Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, 1631; engravings incorporated after 1712