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


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Recto:

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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

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