Rembrandt Seen Through Jewish Eyes

Mirjam Knotter, chief curator and manager exhibitions, Jewish Museum, Amsterdam, author and curator of Kabbalah: The Art of Jewish Mysticism (Vienna, Jüdisches Museum; Amsterdam, Jewish Museum, 2018); Author of From Angel to the Shekhinah: The Influence of Kabbalah on the Late Work of R.B. Kitaj (Images, Brill, Leiden, 2020); Author and curator of exhibition and essay Charlotte Salomon in Close up: The Influence of Cinema on Life? or Theatre?(Trasparenze 7, 2021 - numero dedicato a Charlotte Salomon). Gary Schwartz, independent, founding director emeritus of CODART, author and guest curator of exhib. cat. Rembrandt’s Orient: West Meets East in Dutch Art of the Seventeenth Century (Potsdam, Museum Barberini; Kunstmuseum Basel).

• Acknowledgments Introduction – Mirjam Knotter and Gary Schwartz Jews and Judaism in Rembrandt’s Own World Sephardi Jewish Life and Material Culture in Rembrandt’s Time – Mirjam Knotter Rembrandt and His (Jewish) Neighbors. A Stroll Through the Neighborhood – Mirjam Knotter Rembrandt’s Other Jews. The Amsterdam Ashkenazim in the Seventeenth Century – Bart Wallet Map with residents and owners of houses in and around the Jodenbreestraat in Rembrandt’s time (ca. 1625–1658) – Mirjam Knotter and Guido Leguit Society, Spirituality, Imagery Jews and Black People in Rembrandt’s Art – Michael Zell Rembrandt, Menasseh ben Israel and Spinoza – Steven Nadler Rembrandt, the Jews and Judaism – Shelley Perlove Jewish Brides, Rabbis and Sitters in Rembrandt’s Prints – Roman Grigoryev Jewish Artists Modern Jewish Artists Discover Rembrandt – Larry Silver Laying it on Thick: British (Immigrant) Artists and their Rembrandt – Simon Schama Rembrandt and Russian Jewish Artists – Nina Getashvili Jewish Collectors and Museums Rembrandt as Seen by Jewish Museums – Laurence Sigal-Klagsbald Jewish Collectors Take Rembrandt to their Hearts – Gary Schwartz About the Authors Bibliography Index