The beginning of the Flood: men and women climb to higher ground at right, water overtaking animals and people at left, Noah's Ark beyond, 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 7/16 x 5 3/8 in. (8.8 x 13.7 cm)
Plate: 3 1/4 x 5 3/16 in. (8.2 x 13.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Men|Women|Floods