Black-and-white engravings depicting Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Black-and-white engraving of the celebration of Purim at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam in 1712. Engraving by William Forrest after an engraving by Bernard Picart. From The faiths of the world; an account of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, published Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.
Black-and-white etching depicting a Jewish man wearing a tallis (prayer shawl) and tefillin (phylacteries). He stands in front of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Text excerpted from Deuteronomy 6:8-9: "And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates." Etching by Jan Luyken. From Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke, Volume 3, by Willem Goeree, published Amsterdam: Willem and David Goeree.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and white engraving of the interior of the first synagogue building of Congregation Talmud Torah, which was established in 1639 upon the unification of three smaller Portuguese congregations, Beth Jacob, Neve Shalom and Beth Israel. Engraving by Jan Veenhuysen. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Haar eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyze der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Tobias van Domselaer.
