Moses and the copper snake, Anonymous, After Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1679 - 1702 print On the left are Aaron and Moses next to the copper snake on a stake. Men, women and children who are bitten by poisonous snakes look at the copper snake to stay alive. Under the show the title in Latin, a four -line verse in Dutch, French, English and German and a reference to the Bible text in Num. 21. Amsterdam 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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