Tobacco box 18th century Dutch The box is oval. The octagonal panel on the lid is engraved with a scene of Moses and the brazen serpent. Three worshippers are looking at the serpent. The panel is framed by leaf scrolls and is flanked by the inscription: Siet moses in de wostijn den slang hoog doet verheve / op dat die het soude sien behoude sij en leve (See how Moses holds high the serpent in the desert/ so that they who behold this will be saved and live). The passage illustrated is found in the Bible in Numbers 21:8-9. Moses is portrayed with horns. This tradition derived from the misinterpretation of the word cornutam, which in the Vulgate describes Moses' face at the moment he descended from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Law. The word was intended to indicate that rays of light shone out from Moses' head, but it also means "horned." See James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art (New York, 1979) p. 213. This representation expresses belief in deliverance.In the pan

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Tobacco box 18th century Dutch The box is oval. The octagonal panel on the lid is engraved with a scene of Moses and the brazen serpent. Three worshippers are looking at the serpent. The panel is framed by leaf scrolls and is flanked by the inscription: Siet moses in de wostijn den slang hoog doet verheve / op dat die het soude sien behoude sij en leve (See how Moses holds high the serpent in the desert/ so that they who behold this will be saved and live). The passage illustrated is found in the Bible in Numbers 21:8-9. Moses is portrayed with horns. This tradition derived from the misinterpretation of the word cornutam, which in the Vulgate describes Moses' face at the moment he descended from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Law. The word was intended to indicate that rays of light shone out from Moses' head, but it also means "horned." See James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art (New York, 1979) p. 213. This representation expresses belief in deliverance.In the pan

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Tobacco box 18th century Dutch The box is oval. The octagonal panel on the lid is engraved with a scene of Moses and the brazen serpent. Three worshippers are looking at the serpent. The panel is framed by leaf scrolls and is flanked by the inscription: Siet moses in de wostijn den slang hoog doet verheve / op dat die het soude sien behoude sij en leve (See how Moses holds high the serpent in the desert/ so that they who behold this will be saved and live). The passage illustrated is found in the Bible in Numbers 21:8-9. Moses is portrayed with horns. This tradition derived from the misinterpretation of the word cornutam, which in the Vulgate describes Moses' face at the moment he descended from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Law. The word was intended to indicate that rays of light shone out from Moses' head, but it also means "horned." See James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art (New York, 1979) p. 213. This representation expresses belief in deliverance.In the pan by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.

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