Moses' trial with the pharaoh, To test little Moses, the pharaoh had two saucers brought, one with smoldering coals and the other with cherries - or according to a variant with a ruby set ring-. Moses chose the coals and put them in his mouth so that he burned them. To the right of the center, Moses and Pharaoh's daughter are standing in front of the bowl of coal of which he has just put one of them in his mouth. On the left the pharaoh has risen from his throne. In the background are maidservants on the right and Pharaoh's servants on the left. Below the show is a line of text in Latin, Moses
Moses' trial with the pharaoh, To test little Moses, the pharaoh had two saucers brought, one with smoldering coals and the other with cherries - or according to a variant with a ruby set ring-. Moses chose the coals and put them in his mouth so that he burned them. To the right of the center, Moses and Pharaoh's daughter are standing in front of the bowl of coal of which he has just put one of them in his mouth. On the left the pharaoh has risen from his throne. In the background are maidservants on the right and Pharaoh's servants on the left. Below the show is a line of text in Latin, Moses' trial by fire: when given the choice between two plates, one containing burning coals, the other a ruby ring (or cherries), Moses chooses the burning coals and puts them in his mouth, Pieter Jalhea Furnius, 1550 - 1625, paper, engraving, h 204 mm × w 264 mm
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