High priest with incense censer, labelled 'Aaron' in print – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of High priest with incense censer, labelled 'Aaron' in print. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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High priest with incense censer, labelled 'Aaron' in print
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The figure here is identified in the print's own caption as Aaron, brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel in the biblical account, shown holding an incense censer in the manner of the Temple ritual. Aaron's role was tied to the sanctuary and to the burning of incense before the Ark, which made the censer his most recognizable attribute in later European and Jewish imagery. Prints of this kind were often produced for Bible illustrations or devotional books, so the figure was more an ideal of priestly dress and ritual than a portrait. Viewers today should read it as a visual record of how the biblical priesthood was imagined in its period, not as a likeness of a real man.
| Original scan | 6,687 × 8,510 px · prints to 22 × 28 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02655u aaron |
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