Biblical pericope about hubris and the origin of languages
Wikidata
Source:
Babel, Tower of
Images from the collections
Images referencing Babel, Tower of
7 images from works
Works from the collections
8 works
- Books
Turris Babel, sive archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, secundo turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, confusio linguarum, et inde gentium transmigrationis ... describuntur et explicantur / [Athanasius Kircher].
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.Date: 1679
- Pictures
- Online
The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Reference: 15771i
- Pictures
- Online
Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood; the Tower of Babel; God responds to Noah's sacrifice with a rainbow. Etching by J. Hulett.
Reference: 15758i
- Pictures
- Online
The building of a ziggurat, perhaps the Tower of Babel; bricks are burned and chiselled. Etching.
Reference: 15769i
- Pictures
- Online
Six men construct a section of the Tower of Babel. Etching by Cowley after S. Wale.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.Reference: 15762i