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"

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"

Crispijn de Passe the Elder

1612 Print

2012.136.714.10

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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