Identification title(s): samuel menasseh ben israel. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-519. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 156-1(5). Bartsch 269-1(3). Hollstein dutch 269-1(3). Inscriptions / marks: signature and date, center right: 'rembrandt f 1636' collector's mark, verso bottom left: lugt 2165. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: rembrandt van rijn (mentioned on object), after own design by: rembrandt van rijn. Dating: 1636. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: h 150 mm × w 106 mm explanation this portrait has long been regarded as the image of the jewish samuel menasseh ben israel (1604-1657), whose father had emigrated from spain with his family and had lived in amsterdam since 1616. A. K. Offenberg (menasseh-ben-israel, a biographical sketch, amsterdam 2000) disputes this identification. Subjectwho. Menasseh ben israel. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1636.
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