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Burying the dead
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Burying the dead

anonymous · 1585 · engraving; paper

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

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Tobit and his friends bury the dead in Nineveh. Christ stands on the left and makes a blessing gesture. Below the image a reference in Latin to the biblical text in Tobit 2.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printTobit buries a dead man at nightTobit buries the dead in secret
Credit lineBegraven van de doden. 1585. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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