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
153 x 206 mm
Pen and brush and brown ink and brown and grey wash
The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Witt Collection


Related works


Verso:

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


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. 23 recto

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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