"Purim" in the Synagogue – Hand-Painted Woodcut – France, 1750

15è Vue d'optique nouvelle, représentant les Juifs dans leur Sinagogue, Célébrants une de leurs Solemnités appelée le Purim. Hand-painted woodcut. Jacques-Gabriel Huquier; Henry Émile Vivarez. Paris, [c. 1750].
The woodcut portrays the Jews' "Purim" celebrations in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Definite similarities can be found between this woodcut and the woodcut made by Bernard Picart in 1721, which depicts the celebration of the inauguration of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.
26X40 cm. glued on a cardboard 30.5X44 cm. Its bottom part including the description of the woodcut has been folded and glued on the reverse side of the cardboard. Few stains. Minor damages to the woodcut edges and two small holes. Damages to reverse side of cardboard.