Vernietiging van de mensheid door de zondvloed 1586

This 1586 engraving by Johann Sadeler I depicts the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark. The artwork, titled “Vernietiging van de mensheid door de zondvloed” (Destruction of Humanity by the Flood), shows the Ark sailing through a stormy sea with a large, tumultuous wave in the foreground. The wave is filled with drowning figures, both human and animal, highlighting the devastation caused by the flood. The print is a powerful visual representation of the divine wrath and the human consequences of sin. This work is held at the Rijksmuseum.