The Houtgracht, now the Daniël Meijerplein, Amsterdam, with the Ashkenazi synagogues the Arsenal, the Portuguese synagogue, sailing barges and numerous townsfolk

To the left is the Nieuwe Sjoel, built in 1750-2 after a design attributed to G.F. Maybaum, and beside it the Grote Sjoel designed by Daniel Stalpaert and built by Elias Bouman in 1670-1. The Ashkenazi Synagogues served until 1940 as the main synagogues of the Amsterdam Jewish community. To the far right is the Portuguese Synagogue of 1671-5, designed by Elias Bouman and one of the most celebrated in Europe; its interior was the prototype for numerous synagogues elsewhere.