In the foreground the Jewish people are attacked by snakes. In the second, Moses points with his staff to a stake on which a copper serpent is attached. Those who look at the image will be healed of snake bites. The print has a Latin inscription and is the sixth print of a six-part series on the history of Moses and the Jewish people in the desert after the Exodus. Raising the Copper Serpent History of Moses after the Exodus , print maker: Johann Sadeler (I), Crispijn van den Broeck, publisher: Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1579, paper, engraving, h 190 mm × w 268 mm

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