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Angel with Face Like the Sun and Legs Like Pillars of Fire
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The angel with a face like the sun and legs like pillars of fire, with one foot on sea and one foot on land, gives the book to John. In the margin a four-line inscription in Latin. Twelfth print from a series of twenty-four with the Revelation of John on Patmos.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEngel met gezicht als de zon en benen als zuilen van vuur. 1585. Adriaen Collaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
