Test of the locusts and the water that was turned into blood, Johann Sadeler (I), After Marten van Cleve (I), 1639 print In the foreground the eighth plague that God brought over Egypt: a grasshop of plague. The Pharaoh orders one of his soldiers to kill the locusts. On the left, a servant fills a jug with water: a reference to the first plague of Egypt when water turned into blood. In the background on the left the seventh plague of Egypt: a hail and fire storm. In the background left and right Aaron and Moses who evoke the teasing. The print has a Latin inscription. print maker: Antwerppubli
Test of the locusts and the water that was turned into blood, Johann Sadeler (I), After Marten van Cleve (I), 1639 print In the foreground the eighth plague that God brought over Egypt: a grasshop of plague. The Pharaoh orders one of his soldiers to kill the locusts. On the left, a servant fills a jug with water: a reference to the first plague of Egypt when water turned into blood. In the background on the left the seventh plague of Egypt: a hail and fire storm. In the background left and right Aaron and Moses who evoke the teasing. The print has a Latin inscription. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving the plague of locusts: as Moses raises his hands the locusts come and eat everything that has survived the hail. the plague of hail: Moses raises his rod towards the sky, and hail and fire fall to the ground. the plague of water turned into blood: as Pharaoh goes down to the Nile, Aaron strikes the surface of the river with his rod; the water turns into blood and all the fishes die
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