Anthony van Dyck

Study for Moses and the Brazen Serpent



Anthony van Dyck - Study for Moses and the Brazen Serpent



Anthony van Dyck
Study for Moses and the Brazen Serpent
c. 1618-20
193 x 227 mm
Pen and brush and brown ink over black chalk
Musée Bonnat, Bayonne


Literature

Alejandro Vergara and Friso Lammertse (eds.), The Young Van Dyck, New York, NY, 2013, fig. 58


Iconclass

71E3243 Anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar

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