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Portrait of Rabbi Avraham HaKohen the Physician – Venice, 1719 – Engraving from His Book Kehunat Avraham
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Portrait of physician R. Avraham son of Shabtai HaKohen of Zante. Engraved plate from Part I of his Kehunat Avraham on Tehillim (Venice 1719).
Engraving produced by Italian artist Alexander à Via (signature at edge of plate).
Portrait of R. Avraham HaKohen of Zante, aged 49. Captioned with name, date, age, and other verses and captions alluding to the author's name, at top and edges of plate.
R. Avraham son of Shabtai HaKohen of Zante (1670-1729), an Italian Torah scholar, physician, author, philosopher and poet, born on the island Zante (Zakynthos). Studied medicine in the University of Padua.
Approx. 13X18 cm; matted: approx. 40X48 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor defects.
See: Rubens, A Jewish Iconography (London, 1981), no. 8.
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