Ephraim Hezekiah Bueno
Died at Amsterdam Nov. 8, 1665;
son of Joseph Bueno.
According to the inscription
placed beneath a portrait of him
painted by Rembrandt about 1647
and engraved by Lyrius,
he was
"Alter Avenzoar,
magnus in medicis,
magni discipulus patris"
(a second Avenzoar,
a distinguished physician
and pupil of his celebrated father).
In 1650,
in conjunction with Jonah Abravanel,
he published several liturgical works,
among which were
a Spanish translation of the Psalms,
entitled "Psalterio de David,
en Hebrayco Dicho Thehylim,
Transladado con Toda Fidelidad
Verbo de Verbo del Hebrayco,"
Amsterdam, 1650,
and "Pene Rabbah" (1628),
the first work of Manasseh benIsrael,
with whom he, as well as his father,
was on terms of intimate friendship.
In 1656
Bueno, together with Abraham Pereira,
founded the scientific society "Torah Or"
in Amsterdam.
Eau forte, pointe sèche & burin, 24,1 x 17,6 cm.