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Paul on Malta
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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During the journey to Rome, Paul's ship is shipwrecked off the coast of Malta. On the left, the inhabitants of Malta have built a fire for the shipwrecked. Paul is bitten by a venomous snake while at the fire but remains unharmed. Below the image, the title in Latin, two two-line verses in Dutch, and a reference to the biblical text in Acts 27 and 28.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePaulus op Malta. 1652 - 1702. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
