ABEL GRIMMER - TOWER OF BABEL Abel Grimmer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Tower of Babel - Louvre Abu Dhabi 1595 - Painted by Flemish old master Abel Grimmer (1570-1618) who was born and died in Antwerp. - Oil on canvas. - The Tower of Babel illustrates how humans can confuse bigness with importance, striving for significance apart from the Most High. - When we prioritize our own ways over the Most High's, we risk losing sight of His divine plan. - Protect me from what I want. The construction of the tower symbolizes man's ambition to attain the highest possible goal. It also symbolizes the eternal struggle between mankind's ambition and his hubris, which is mercilessly punished by God. Mankind blindly trusts his own capabilities and the unbridled possibilities of technology. (Assistant) Abel Grimmer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The building of the Tower of Babel Johnny Van Haeften Galley sold to private collector 1604 - Other versions of The Tower of Babel by Grimmer are the painting signed and dated 1591, formerly in the von Bissing Collection, Munich. - Two signed and dated 1604 (private collections). - An unsigned and undated painting with Galerie de Jonckheere, Brussels in 1979. - A roundel in the Prado, Madrid. Abel Grimmer, Public domain  Tower of Babel - Meister Drucke. Abel Grimmer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Tower of Babel - Abel Grimmer, Public domain Tower of Babel 1610 - Grimmer Grimmer - Tower of Babel - Page 2

Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron.

Shakespeare, Sonnet 64