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Priests Ringing Bells in the Temple
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Priests Ringing Bells in the Temple

Joseph Mulder · 1720 - 1728 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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The priests of Bel eat the food offered to the god Bel. They come and go through a secret passage under the table. While they secretly take the food, their footprints remain in the ash scattered by Daniel on the ground. At the bottom in the margin a reference to the biblical text and the title in Greek, English, Latin, German, French and Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBels priesters in de tempel. 1720 - 1728. Joseph Mulder. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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