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Moses and the Brazen Serpent
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Moses and the Brazen Serpent

anonymous · 1639 - 1677 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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On the left stand Aaron and Moses next to the brazen serpent fixed on a pole. Men, women and children, who are bitten by poisonous snakes, look at the brazen serpent to remain alive. Below the representation the title in Latin, a four-line verse in Dutch, French, English and German and a reference to the Bible text in Numbers 21.

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Credit lineMozes en de koperen slang. 1639 - 1677. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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