Junius, Hadrianus, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, The eight beatitudes, Blessed are the meek, Moses' authority challenged by Miriam and Aaron, Aaron and Miriam stand before Moses and his Nubian wife and challenge his authority by making remarks about his marriage to her. On the right, Moses, Aaron and Miriam speak with God, who appears in the doorway of the tent of covenant. In the landscape Aaron is on his knees begging Moses not to hold his sin against him. Miriam is stricken with leprosy in the desert. On the mountain Moses prays for healing for her. The print is part of a series about the eight beatitudes of Christ and illustrates the beatitude: Blessed are the meek. On the steps a stone with this text from Mat. 5:5 in Latin. At the bottom in the margin a verse in Latin about the beatitude and the representation. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 212 mm, width 250 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1564 - 1568, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever, Noord-Nederlands, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, schrijver

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