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Crispijn de Passe the Elder

The Flood destroys life on earth: corpses of humans and animals adrift in the foreground, Noah's ark beyond and a flying dove holding a branch above, from "Liber Genesis"

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8.6 × 13.3 cm (3.4 × 5.2 in)

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