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Jacob Burying the Idols
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Jacob Burying the Idols

Claes Moeyaert · 1612 - 1655 · etching; paper

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

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Jacob buries the idols and earrings of his family under a tree near Shechem; in the background a round ruin. At the bottom in the margin a reference in Latin to the Biblical text in Genesis 35.

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Credit lineJakob begraaft de afgodsbeelden. 1612 - 1655. Claes Moeyaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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