The original can be seen here.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Le faux Messie
Here's a copy of the famous eyewitness portrait of שבתי צבי, "Sabetha Sebi", included in Thomas Coenen's 1669 book Ydele verwachtinge der Joden getoont in den persoon van Sabethai Zevi. The copy of that portrait, depicted below, is in the 1728 book Les Imposteurs Insignes by Jean-Baptiste de Rocoles.:
The original can be seen here.
The original can be seen here.
"Here's a copy of the famous eyewitness portrait of שבתי צבי, "
ReplyDeleteI must be kind of ignorant, because I don't know what makes it famous. -- Phil
It's on the cover of Gershom Scholem's biography of Shabbetai Tzvi. It's also "famous" insofar as seeing as how special it is (drawn by an eyewitness) it has been reproduced many times.
ReplyDeleteHis mustaches look like something he sneezed out of his nostrils.
ReplyDeleteThe hand that drew this did not extend from the arm of Hans Holbein the Younger