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
197 x 156 mm
Pen and brown ink
The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth


Related works


Recto:

Anthony van Dyck - Christ Carrying the Cross
Anthony van Dyck
Christ Carrying the Cross
c. 1618


Study for:

Anthony van Dyck - Moses and the Brazen Serpent
Anthony van Dyck
Moses and the Brazen Serpent
c. 1618-20

Exhibitions

2012 The Young Van Dyck, Nr. 19 verso

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

Other works by Anthony van Dyck


Anthony van Dyck Study for Moses and the Brazen Serpent
Study for Moses and the Brazen Serpent
c. 1618/20

Anthony van Dyck The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
c. 1618-20

Anthony van Dyck Cattle in Pasture
Cattle in Pasture
c. 1618-20

Anthony van Dyck and Pieter Claesz. Soutman, after Peter Paul Rubens The Battle of the Amazons
The Battle of the Amazons
c. 1618

Anthony van Dyck Three heads from the recto traced through
Three heads from the recto traced through
c. 1618-20