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Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Entry into the ark: Noah and his family walk toward the ark in the background, pairs of animals walk up a ramp leading into the ark, from "Liber Genesis"

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8.7 × 13.2 cm (3.4 × 5.2 in)

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