Beschrijving
Flood after the breaking of the dykes of the major rivers between Arnhem and Culemborg, December 1740 – January 1741. Representation of the flooded area between the rivers with the villages and towns under water and in the foreground humans and animals escaping from the water. Angels in the clouds pour buckets of water across the country. The text below describes the scene with a further legend from 1 to 59 with details. Signed below the plate:’na het Leven Afgebelt, Getekent, en in kooper gebragt, door Jan Smit, 1741.’