695003 Nuptial ceremony of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, 1723 (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); Private Collection; (add.info.: Traditional aspects of a Jewish wedding are depicted here; the veiled bride seated beneath the wedding canopy (chuppah or huppah) and the breaking of a glass by the groom; Illustration from the first volume of \'C矇r矇monies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les peuples du monde\' by A. Moubach, published in Amsterdam between 1723 and 1743; Amsterdam was the centre of the thriving Dutch Jewish community from the 16th century onwards and consisted initially of Marranos and Sephardim who had been expelled from Spain and Portugal; later a large Ashkenazi community developed;).