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The Angel of the Lord Slaying the Assyrians
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The Angel of the Lord Slaying the Assyrians

anonymous · 1616 - 1657 · engraving; paper

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

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In the night, an angel kills many soldiers in the camp of the Assyrians. In the foreground, King Sennacherib and his followers. Below the image, the title in Latin, a four-line verse in Dutch, French, German and English and a reference to the biblical text in 2 Kings 19:35.

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Credit lineEngel van de Heer doodt de Assyriërs. 1616 - 1657. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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