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"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Engravings made for the first edition of the "Liber Genesis"
Artist: Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Arnemuiden 1564–1637 Utrecht
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: 1612
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (8.6 x 13.3 cm)
Plate: 3 3/16 x 5 1/16 in. (8.1 x 12.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Animals|Corpses|Floods|Ships