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Patriarch Levi
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Patriarch Levi

Jacques de Gheyn (II) · 1587 - 1591 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Patriarch Levi, half-length, in an architectural setting, holding a sword in his left hand and a cord (?) in his right. His left hand rests on a helmet. Below the image two lines of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of twelve patriarchs of Israel; each print in this series consists of a portrait of a patriarch, half-length, and a two-line Latin inscription.

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Credit lineStamvader Levi. 1587 - 1591. Jacques de Gheyn (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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