Moses and Zipporah Returning to Egypt, from Old and New Testaments 1549

Augustin Hirschvogel’s 1549 etching *Moses and Zipporah Returning to Egypt, from Old and New Testaments* depicts the biblical story of Moses’ return to Egypt with his wife Zipporah and their two sons. The composition portrays the figures in a landscape setting, with a city in the distance, creating a sense of scale and drama. The detailed rendering of the figures and their clothing, as well as the animals, is characteristic of Hirschvogel’s style. The print is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.