Gian Maria Morlaiter
Aaron

1750-51
In the Gesuati (Our Lady of the Rosary) Church, Venice

In this statue Aaron is dressed as prescribed in Exodus 28: the breastplate with 12 stones, secured by gold chains and worn over the ephod, and the mitre with the gold plate and Hebrew inscription meaning "Holiness to the Lord." One thing he does not wear here is the "holy crown" of Exodus 29:6. The censer with the flame at Aaron's left foot refers to Numbers 16:41-50, where Aaron censes the people and prays that God will end the plague he has sent upon the Israelites.

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Photographed in the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.