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The Building of the Tower of Babel
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The Building of the Tower of Babel

Jan Luyken · 1708 · etching; paper

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

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The Tower of Babel is being built. Hard work is being done everywhere; in the foreground materials are being prepared for the construction of the tower. Around the tower a circle of furnaces is being stoked high. Below the image a reference to the biblical text in Genesis 11.

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Credit lineBouw van de toren van Babel. 1708. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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