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Tower of Babel
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Tower of Babel

Philips Galle · 1569 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The Tower of Babel is being built. To the front left a column on which stands a smoking incense bowl. In the front center the image of a lion and two master builders near a soldier. To the right stands an oven in which the stones for the tower are baked. Lightning destroys the tower spire.

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Credit lineToren van Babel. 1569. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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