Moses and the Brazen Serpent (Museum Schnütgen)
Moses and the Brazen Serpent is called a scene of a leaded glass window by an unknown artist. The disk, dated to the second quarter of the 13th century, is now in the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne .
origin
The disc was in the collection of the Baroness von Liebieg at Liebieg Castle on the Moselle and came into the Ludwig Collection ( Aachen ).
description
Today the disc has a diameter of 32 cm and is made of colored glass. It has a slight black solder contour and a renewed lead mesh. The pane, which was definitely part of a larger window, shows to the right and left of a red cross around which a snake winds, a group of Jews looking up , recognizable by their hats . These are led by Moses on the left and Aaron on the right . The four heads at their feet represent Jews rebelling against the Lord who had been bitten by snakes and were saved from death at the sight of the brazen serpent erected by Moses ( Num. 21.4–9 EÜ ).
literature
- Brigitte Lymant: The stained glass of the Schnütgen Museum . Schnütgen Museum, Cologne 1983.
- Hiltrud Westermann-Angerhausen (Hrsg.): Himmelslicht - European glass painting in the century of Cologne cathedral building (1248-1349) . Schnütgen Museum Cologne, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-932800-02-8 , pp. 172-173.