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| Ferdinand Bol Self-portrait 1642 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Young Woman in a Hat 1644 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Sacrifice of Gideon ca. 1640-44 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face."
– from the book of Judges, chapter 9
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| Ferdinand Bol Sacrifice of Isaac before 1670 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."
– from the book of Genesis, chapter 22
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| Ferdinand Bol Sleeping Philosopher ca. 1640-46 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Pensive Philosopher 1653 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Philosopher Reading 1642 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol The Family in the Room 1645 etching National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ferdinand Bol Young Man in Beret 1642 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Young Man with Hat ca. 1643-57 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Old Man 1642 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Man with Perturbed Expression before 1670 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Ferdinand Bol Woman with Pear 1651 etching National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ferdinand Bol Hour of Death 1642-44 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."
– from the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 9