Mozes en de koperen slang
Bitten by the fiery serpents in the wilderness, the people look to the bronze serpent Moses lifts on a pole and live (Numbers 21). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.
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About Crispijn van de Passe
1564-1637 · Dutch
Crispijn van de Passe the Elder was a Dutch engraver and founder of a four-generation dynasty of printmakers; his biblical series — including the Liber Genesis and Life of Christ — circulated across Protestant and Catholic Europe alike.