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Geschiedenis van Jona

Engulfed by the deep, Jonah sinks toward the roots of the mountains yet is lifted up from the pit by the God of his salvation (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-1982-256.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.