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Abimelech bespiedt Isaak en Rebekka

Living as a stranger in Gerar, Isaac calls Rebekah his sister out of fear, until King Abimelech looks out and sees him caressing her and learns she is his wife (Genesis 26). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

Abimelech bespiedt Isaak en Rebekka by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Genesis 26
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About Crispijn van de Passe

1564-1637 · Dutch

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder was a Dutch engraver and founder of a four-generation dynasty of printmakers; his biblical series — including the Liber Genesis and Life of Christ — circulated across Protestant and Catholic Europe alike.