Anthony van Dyck

Moses and the Brazen Serpent



Anthony van Dyck - Moses and the Brazen Serpent



Anthony van Dyck
Moses and the Brazen Serpent
c. 1618-20
207 x 234 cm
Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid


Related works

Studies:


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

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

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




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

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

Anthony van Dyck - Woman with Outstretched Arm
Anthony van Dyck
Woman with Outstretched Arm
c. 1618-20


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Barnes I.3 info

Collection catalogues
Santiago Alcolea Blanch, The Prado Museum, Barcelona, 2008, fig. 226


Exhibitions

2012 The Young Van Dyck, Nr. 26

Provenance

In the collection of Philip IV by 1666, Royal Palace (Alcázar), Madrid
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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

External links

RKD 105888

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Anthony van Dyck The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
c. 1618-20

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Isabella Waerbeke
Portrait of Isabella Waerbeke

Anthony van Dyck Doña Polyxena Spinola Guzmán de Leganés
Doña Polyxena Spinola Guzmán de Leganés
early 1630s

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Mary Ruthven
Portrait of Mary Ruthven
c. 1639-40

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Quintijn Simons
Portrait of Quintijn Simons
c. 1634