Venice, Italy, 1614 – Gold Leaf
Art By The Jewish Museum
Description
This ketubah was adapted from one of the earliest decorated Jewish marriage contracts from Italy (1614) and the earliest in the collection of The Jewish Museum. The bride and groom belonged to very prominent Sephardi families. As customary in Italian marriage contracts, the original text included a contract of marriage on the right and the articles of engagement, or tena’im, on the left. Their framing through paired horseshoe arches suggests Spanish influence. The border around the text reads: And all the people that were in the gate and the elders said: We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is to come into your house like Rachel and Leah, which two did build the house of Israel, and do you worthily in Ephrath and be famous in Bethlehem; and let your house be like the house of Peretz (Ruth 4:11-12a).
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Our paper ketubahs (papercut ketubahs included) are printed on cold press, acid free art paper, the standard in artistic reproductions. This paper is slightly textured and can be ordered with or without name printing.
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Color
Yellow
Print Stock
Paper
Size
14" x 18.5", 18.25" x 24"
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Historical Museum
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The Jewish Museum
Widely admired for its exhibitions and collections that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum in New York City is one of the world’s preeminent institutions devoted to exploring the intersection of art and Jewish culture from ancient to modern times.
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