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"when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers"
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Michiel Coxcie; ?
Anbetung der ehernen Schlange
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Coxcie, Michiel
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drawing
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Department of Prints and Drawings
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Städelsches Kunstinstitut
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Indian ink
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ink
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pen drawing
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squaring
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washing
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Biblical portrayal
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historical narration
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Moses
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Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan
Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan
Numbers (part II): the journey from Kadesh to Moab
the brazen serpent (Numbers 21:4-9)
when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers
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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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composition study
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