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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder ca. 1520 – 1569

The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)

oil on panel (60 × 75 cm) — 1563 Museum Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

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This work is linked to Genesis 11:4

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The smallest of Bruegel's depictions of the Tower of Babel. The other one is in Vienna.

More information on the Tower of Babel can be found in this article.

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Title: Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)
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First published: 27 September 2005
Last modified: 19 November 2012

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