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Geschiedenis van Jona

From the heart of the sea Jonah remembers the Lord and his prayer rises to the holy temple, until the fish casts him out onto dry land (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-1906-2056.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.