Public domain
Pharaoh Orders All Hebrew Boys to be Drowned
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Pharaoh of Egypt calls the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah to account. In the background the Egyptian people throw all newborn Hebrew boys into the Nile; the girls were allowed to live (Exodus 1). In the margin a two-line inscription in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe farao laat alle Hebreeuwse jongens verdrinken. 1591. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
