Presumed portrait of Sara Copio Sullam (author unknown, image reconstruction and post-processing by Marco Trevisan, Bazzmann+Venipedia)

Presumed portrait of Sara Copio Sullam (author unknown, image reconstruction and post-processing by Marco Trevisan, Bazzmann+Venipedia)

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Also known as the 'beautiful Jewess', she was a poetess in the 17th century Venice Ghetto, admired and celebrated by many intellectuals of her time for her culture and beauty.

Sara Copio Sullam (1592? - 1641) was the daughter of Simone Copio, one of the leaders of the Jewish Community of Venice. Married to Giacobbe Sullam, she hosted poets and illustrious writers in her home in the Ghetto Vecchio, and was guided in her cultural education by some of the most famous rabbis of the time, including and above all, Leon Modena, who dedicated his tragedy Estèr to her. 

Sara kept close correspondence with the Genoese Ansaldo Cebà for four years, author of a longpoem, La Reina Ester, which she particularly admired. The Ligurian intellectual tried in vain t

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