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Daniel and the Dragon
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Daniel stands with King Cyrus by the dragon of Babylon, which is worshipped by the Babylonian people. Daniel refuses to worship the dragon and asks the king for permission to kill the dragon without sword or staff. Daniel is ready to feed the dragon a cake of fat, tar, and bones. The dragon will be torn apart from within and die. Above the image, a Latin reference to the apocryphal biblical text in Daniel 14.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDaniël en de draak. 1579. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
