Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Study for an engraving in the Hortus Voluptatum

1599

Putto Holding a Cloud and Horn

late 16th–mid 17th century

December: And Old Man Seated by a Hearth with a Young Man Blowing on the Fire

late 16th–mid 17th century

Destruction of the Tower of Babel: at right men and women flee from the burning tower, at left men and women raise their hands toward two flying angels, from "Liber Genesis"

1612

Drunkenness of Noah: Shem and Japheth cover the naked body of Noah, who lies in a tent, a male figure at far right points to Noah, from "Liber Genesis"

1612

Noah kneeling before God at left, the construction of the ark underway beyond, from "Liber Genesis"

1612

Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foreground, Noah's ark moored on a rocky outcrop beyond, from "Liber Genesis"

1612

Mankind surrendering to lechery before the Flood: embracing couples on benches around a table with food and drink, from "Liber Genesis"

1612

God enters into a covenant with Noah: next to a smoking pyre Noah kneels in a gesture of prayer, surrounded by members of his family, a rainbow stretches over them, from "Liber Genesis"

1612

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"

1612

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"

1612

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"

1612

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"

1612

'Aer' in a Decorative Border with Birds, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements

1590–1612

'Aqua' in a Decorative Border with Sea Creatures, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements

1590–1612

Path over a Valley

Harbor Scene

Queen Elizabeth I

1592

Saint Anthony, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Elizabeth

1582–1637

Sardanapal in the Bath

1576–1623

Rocky Landscape with the Stigmatization of St. Francis (reverse copy)

View near Bruges (Vue Prés [sic] de Bruges)

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

1589

Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

ca. 1580