Elia gevoed door raven
Hidden by the brook Cherith during the drought, the prophet Elijah is sustained by ravens that bring him bread and meat morning and evening (1 Kings 17). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.
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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.