Anbetung der ehernen Schlange

Title

Anbetung der ehernen Schlange

Draughtsman

• Michiel Coxcie ?

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

School

• Renaissance
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• nude study
• movement study
• composition study
• study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit Bleistift): Michele Fiamingo
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Moses

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Numeri 21,6-9

Primary

• 71E324 the brazen serpent (Numbers 21:4-9)
• 71E3241 when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers
• 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

Alternative Attribution

• Abraham Bloemaert draughtsman; by note on mount
• Abraham Bloemaert school; draughtsman; by note on mount