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Patriarch Naphtali
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Patriarch Naphtali

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

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

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Patriarch Naphtali, half-length, seated in a mountainous setting, with the right leg partially visible, making a counting gesture with his hands. At his left side the head and neck of a deer (a reference to Naphtali as a 'hind set free'). 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 Naftali. 1587 - 1591. Jacques de Gheyn (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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