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Burial of Sarah
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Burial of Sarah

1645 - 1646 · letterpress printing; plakken; houtsnede; paper

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

About this work

Abraham buries his wife Sarah in the cave on the field in Machpelah. On the left Abraham buys the field from Ephron for four hundred shekels of silver. Title above the image. Below, six lines of verse and a reference to Genesis 23:19-20. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBegrafenis van Sara. 1645 - 1646. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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