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The Great Flood
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The Great Flood

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1602 - 1607 · engraving; paper

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

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Jupiter causes a massive raincloud to burst over the earth. Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, and his wife Pyrrha escape the destruction of humanity by building an ark. In the margin, a four-line inscription in two columns in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe grote vloed. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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