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Nimrod having the Tower of Babel built
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Nimrod having the Tower of Babel built

Jan van Londerseel · 1585 - 1625 · engraving; paper

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

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Under the supervision of King Nimrod the Tower of Babel is being built. Around the tower construction work is taking place. On the right in the foreground two sculptors are at work, on the left two figures kneel before Nimrod and his retinue. In the margin an inscription in Latin.

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Credit lineNimrod laat de toren van Babel bouwen. 1585 - 1625. Jan van Londerseel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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