Geschiedenis van Mozes voor de Exodus

Moses and Aaron stand before a crowned Pharaoh and his court, gesturing toward the divine punishments afflicting the land. In the foreground, swarms of locusts cover the ground, while the background shows fire and hail raining down upon a distant city. On the left, figures react to the plague of boils near a classical fountain adorned with a sculptural figure.

Aegidius Sadeler was the preeminent engraver of the Rudolfine court in Prague, a major center for Hermeticism and natural philosophy. This work belongs to a tradition of biblical illustration that sought to categorize divine providence and natural phenomena within an encyclopedic and moralized framework typical of late Renaissance intellectual life.