Moses and the copper serpent, Fecit ergo Moyses serpentem aeneum et posuit eum pro (...) (title on object), Royaalbijbel (series title), On the left, Aaron and Moses stand next to the copper serpent mounted on a stake. Men, women and children who are bitten by poisonous snakes look to the copper snake to stay alive. Below the performance is the title in Latin, a four-line verse in Dutch, French, English and German and a reference to the Bible text in Num. 21., print, print maker: anonymous, after print by: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens, Amsterdam, 1639 - 1677 a

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