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English: The Leaven Test etc. Subtitle: By the mistress of the house, who puts Leavened Bread in various places, so that her Husband, who searches for it, finds it. Copper engraving, ink on paper, Leaf: H. 17.4 - W. 23.2 cm/ Engraving: H. 15 - W. 20.7 cm. Plate VI (top) from Vol I 'Ceremonies of Jews and Catholic Christians' from the 11-volume work "The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the World," Amsterdam: JF [Jean-Frédéric] Bernard, 1723-1743. Translated in 7 volumes, London: William Jackson for Claude du Bosc, 1733-1739. In an 18th century Dutch interior, a family depicts the Passover eve custom of the search for chametz, with the mother placing bits of leavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of.
Français : L'EXAMEN du LEVAIN &c. A la Maitresse de la maison, qui met du PAIN LEVÉ en divers endroits, afin que son Mari qui en fait recherche en trouve. Vol I: 'Cérémonies des juifs & des chrétiens catholiques' de "Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde"
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Author Bernard Picart

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The Search for Leaven etc. Subtitle: By the mistress of the house, who puts Leavened Bread in various places, so that her Husband, who searches for it, finds it. Copper engraving, ink on paper, 15 x 20.7 cm, Bernard Picart, 1723.

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