The Brazen Serpent (Rubens) Explained

The Brazen Serpent
Artist:Peter Paul Rubens
Year:c 1635–1640
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:186.4
Width Metric:264.5
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum:National Gallery London

The Brazen Serpent is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, probably dating to between 1635 and 1640. It is now in the National Gallery in London. Its shows a scene from the Old Testament (Numbers 21: 6–9).

It seems to include some work by his students, who may have blocked it in from a modello by Rubens himself, with the artist working up the result.

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