De Koperen Snake, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637 print God punishes the Israelites, who complain because of the bad food, with a scourge of poison snakes. Moses makes a copper snake. The bitten Israelites who look, heal and stay alive. In the margin a four -line Bible quote from Num. 21 in Latin. unknown paper engraving anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar

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