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Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita

120 works

At fourteen, Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita was turned down by the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, so he trained in architecture and then as a teacher.

He is known mainly for his wood engravings of birds, exotic animals, plants and fantastical scenes. In Haarlem he taught nature drawing and graphic arts, and M. C. Escher was one of his pupils. After the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, poor health kept him secluded and he worked mostly in sketches. In 1944 he and his wife Elisabeth were taken from their home in Watergraafsmeer and killed at Auschwitz. Browse 120 works by Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita from one museum, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

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Female nude behind vase with arum lilies

1912

Verdriet

1914

Portret van een onbekende vrouw

1913

Monochrome print of a young woman with curly hair, wearing a patterned shawl, hands clasped in her lap.

Meisje met omslagdoek

1920

Print of a camellia in full bloom with a bud and leaves on a dark ground, framed by a decorative border.

Camelia, links een bloem in knop

1920

Print of a seated bare-chested woman in a white bonnet against a dark patterned background, drawn in soft grey tones.

Vrouwentors

1920

Print of a woman with closed eyes and short hair wearing a V-neck top, with folded cloth below against a dark textured backgr

Vrouw met V-hals

1920

Monochrome print of white cyclamen flowers and rounded leaves rising against a dark textured background.

Cyclamen

1920

Zelfportret

1920

Abstract lithograph of pale curving white forms against a dark grainy grey background, evoking an arum lily.

Aronskelk

1920

Print of a large rose inside a circular wavy-edged frame on a dark stippled ground, with its stem extending downward.

Roos (in cirkel, met golvende rand)

1920

Fantasie: heksachtige kop naar rechts

1920

Fantasie: mannenkop met scheve muts, half over het rechteroog

1918

Fantasie: links drie figuren naar rechts, rechts een frontale Chineesachtige gestalte

1920

Grainy print of three stylized figures in pointed arches: a smiling man left, a haloed central figure, and a grimacing face r

Fantasie: diverse figuren, de meest rechter met mouwen als kokers

1921

Woodcut print of a standing nude woman with raised arms, framed by flowing ornamental lines and two small faces.

Staande naakte vrouw met geheven armen

1922

Een lamme maraboe

1909

Black and white woodcut of two cows resting in a grassy field under a horizon with dark clouds.

Koeien

1916

Silhouet (Vrouw in schommelstoel)

1913

Hert

1912

Black and white print of four white cockatoos with raised crests perched on branches against a dark brick wall.

Vier kroonkaketoes

1912

Black woodcut of a dromedary lying down, facing left, in front of a grid-paned wall with a crosshatched floor.

Dromedaris

1912

Black and white woodcut of a cockatoo perched on a branch against a background of vertical white lines.

Rosékaketoe

1917

Woodcut of a bird resting in the corner of a barred cage, with vertical bars above and horizontal lines on the floor.

Vogel in hoek van een kooi

1914

Stylized black and ivory print of a crested cockatoo perched on a branch within a rectangular border.

Kroonkaketoe

1924

Black and white print of a reclining blesbok antelope with ringed horns, set within a pale oval against a dark background.

Blesbok

1931

Markhorgeit (Zittend hert in een kooi)

1913

Woodcut of a bird of paradise with long plumes perched on a branch against a dark background, 1914.

Paradijsvogel

1914

Woodcut of two white rabbits between tree trunks against a dense hatched black background.

Twee sneeuwhazen

1911

Black and white woodcut of a white stork resting among crossed grass strokes, with striped patterns in the background.

Ooievaar (Magoear-ooievaar)

1914

Portret van Piet Vorkink

1919

Black and cream print of a nude woman reclining on a couch, reading an open book against a patterned wall.

Lezen (Liggend naakt, een boek lezend)

1913