Noah’s Ark and the Flood

Book Title: Biblische Figuren des Alten vnd Newen Testaments : gantz künstlich gerissen / durch den weitberhümpten Vergilium Solis zu Nürnberg

Author: Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562

Image Title: Noah’s Ark and the Flood

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Description: The ark protects those inside, while others drown in the floodwaters. In the background a dove retrieves an olive branch to signal the receding floodwaters, as Jesus looks down from heaven. The artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), has placed his monogram in the lower left corner of the woodcut.

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