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Balaam and the angel
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Balaam and the angel

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · 1581 - 1633 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

A landscape with a ruin. Center Balaam on his donkey. The donkey of Balaam refuses to go further because an angel with a sword threatens the animal. Balaam strikes his donkey with a stick. The beast begins to bray. The print has a Latin inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printlandscape with ruins
Credit lineBileam (Balaäm) en de engel. 1581 - 1633. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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