Noah, his Family and the Animals Leaving the Ark, 1918.24

An elderly Noah leans on a staff as he leads his family out of the towering Ark following the subsiding of the Great Flood. Animals of various species, such as lions and porcupines in the foreground and cattle on the ramp, emerge to repopulate the earth. Above the group, a dove carrying an olive branch flies toward the family, symbolizing the restoration of peace between God and humanity.

In Renaissance natural philosophy and Hermetic thought, Noah was often viewed as a keeper of the 'prisca sapientia' (ancient wisdom) that survived the Deluge. The preservation of the animal species within the Ark served as a foundational narrative for early modern attempts to categorize the natural world and understand the microcosm.