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Geschiedenis van Jona

In the belly of the great fish, Jonah prays from the depths and vows to pay what he has promised, and the Lord delivers him (Jonah 2). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

Geschiedenis van Jona by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Jonah 2
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-P-1906-2057.Source

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Portrait of Crispijn van de Passe

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.