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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Bible-(Tanakh).jpg
Books and manuscripts

Bible (Tanakh)

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

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

Marc Chagall, Les portes du cimetière
Art moderne

Cemetery Gate

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

Vitebsk, 1917

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

Ikat, manteau de femme juive
Daily life

Jewish woman’s coat

Bukhara, Uzbekistan, early 20th century

Ouvrage-kabbalistique.jpg
Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701

Tableau-pour-marquer-l’Est.jpg
Daily life

Picture indicating the East (mizrah)

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

Amsterdam, 1845

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