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De ontmoeting van Jakob en Rachel bij de waterput

Arriving in Haran, Jacob meets Rachel at the well, rolls the stone from its mouth to water her flock, and weeps as he greets his kinswoman (Genesis 29). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

De ontmoeting van Jakob en Rachel bij de waterput by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Genesis 29
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number 42/60.Source

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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.