The Amsterdam Haggadah - 1695. The first haggadah illustrated with copper engraving was the Amsterdam Haggadah, printed by Solomon ben Joseph in 1695. Its illustrator was Abraham ben Jacob, who was born a Christian, and converted to Judaism as an adult. Abraham ben Jacob was familiar with the series of copper engravings on themes from stories of the Old and the New Testaments entitled Icones Biblicae, made by Matthaeus Merian between 1625 and 1630. For the illustrations of the Amsterdam Haggadah, Abraham ben Jacob adapted Merian’s pictures by omitting Christian symbols, or slightly modifying the pictures for the new content. For the scene depicting the Seder night meal, for example, he used Merian’s picture of the Last Supper.