A drawing of Noah kneeling, full length, before a ram which is to be sacrificed; behind, to the right, are two members of his family; above, God the Father is vaguely indicated seated amidst clouds; in the left background a procession of animals is emerging from the ark. Signed lower right: CVDB (mongram with a reversed D); inscribed below: . NOEL . , and in the lower left corner: 39. (?). This drawing is from a series of thirty four scenes from the Old Testament which, with the exception of RCIN 904742, served as preparatory drawings for 33 of the 39 engravings in reverse by Johannes Sadeler the Elder (Hollstein , XXI, pp.96-7, nos.72-110), designed to illustrate L.Hillesemius, Sacrarum Antiquitatum (Antwerp 1577).