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The House Built on a Rock
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The House Built on a Rock

Hendrick Goltzius · 1598 - 1604 · engraving; paper

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

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Series of ten (originally twelve) allegories of the Christian faith. Each allegory consists of a central representation surrounded by a frame in which biblical quotations are combined with depictions of certain events from the Bible. At the bottom margin, two lines of Latin and number 6.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printLuke 6:47-49)
Credit lineHet huis gebouwd op een rots. 1598 - 1604. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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