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Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Noah leaving the ark with his family and animals: at left Noah's family carries supplies, at right animals descend on a ramp from the ark, above birds fly from the ark, from "Liber Genesis"

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8.8 × 13.7 cm (3.5 × 5.4 in)

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