Moses and the brass snake

About this Item

I. P. Wolff Seel, . ca. 1700-1750 340 x 400 mm (plate: 275 x 345 mm) Etching/engraving/watercolour Da boser Schangen Stich, bils aüf den Cod verlest (…); N. 74; I. P. Wollf Seel: Erben exc: Some folds in upper margin. Good state. Hand coloured optical view of the biblical scene in which Moses orders the Israelites to look at the brass snake on the pole in the middle of the village. The people who do not look at the pole are bitten by poisonous snakes. In the front we see Moses pointing at the brass snake, which stands in the middle of a campsite. Some people look at the snake, while others, who have been bitten, lay on the ground. The scene is hand coloured blue, red, orange and green. Nr. 66 written on the back with pencil.

Seller Inventory # 61249

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moses and the brass snake
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bible
  • Hand colored
  • Optical prints
  • Bible, Hand colored, Optical prints,