Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Introduction 7
4. JEWS AND JUDAISM IN REMBRANDT’S OWN WORLD
5. Sephardi Jewish Life and Material Culture in Rembrandt’s Time 23
6. Rembrandt and His (Jewish) Neighbors: A Stroll Through the Neighborhood 45
7. Map with residents and owners of houses in and around the Jodenbreestraat in Rembrandt’s time (ca. 1625–1658) 51
8. Rembrandt’s Other Jews: The Amsterdam Ashkenazim in the Seventeenth Century 71
9. SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY, IMAGERY
10. Rembrandt and Multicultural Amsterdam: Jews and Black People in Rembrandt’s Art 91
11. Rembrandt, Menasseh ben Israel and Spinoza 111
12. Rembrandt, the Jews and Judaism 123
13. Jewish Brides, Rabbis and Sitters in Rembrandt’s Prints 141
14. JEWISH ARTISTS
15. Modern Jewish Artists Discover Rembrandt 157
16. Laying it on Thick: British (Immigrant) Artists and their Rembrandt 185
17. Rembrandt and Russian Jewish Artists 203
18. JEWISH COLLECTORS AND MUSEUMS
19. Rembrandt as Seen by Jewish Museums 223
20. Jewish Collectors Take Rembrandt to their Hearts 235
21. Acknowledgments 250
22. Bibliography 252
23. Index 264