Two Marriage Agreements between Felice Moisè Treves and Rachele Coen Porto (watercolour ink on paper)

Two Marriage Agreements between Felice Moisè Treves and Rachele Coen Porto, by unknown artist, watercolour ink on paper Whole artwork view. Jewish wedding contracts, also known as Ketubot, which in the most important and blooming communities, like the Venetian one, used to regulate the brides' duties and were richly illustrated; in this document, the texts written in Hebrew, limited by three thin spiral columns, are enclosed into a decorative frame with phytomorphic motifs and zodiacal signs within tondi; up in the document, a big medallion with the symbol of a tree, flanked by two flying angels Italy, Veneto, Venice, Civic Museum of Venice, Library of Venetian Art and History.