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Philip is sent by an angel to an eunuch
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Philip is sent by an angel to an eunuch

Philips Galle · 1582 · engraving; paper

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

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An angel appears before Philip and sends the apostle to the deserted road between Jerusalem and Gaza. Arrived there, he is pointed out by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove to an eunuch. Philip converts this eunuch. The print has a Latin inscription and is part of a 34-part series with the subject the Acts of the Apostles.

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Credit lineFillippus wordt door een engel naar een eunuch gestuurd. 1582. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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