Anbetung der ehernen Schlange, Michiel Coxcie;   ?
Michiel Coxcie
Anbetung der ehernen Schlange
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Michiel Coxcie ?

Anbetung der ehernen Schlange


Blatt
243 x 325 mm
Inventory Number
3726
Object Number
3726 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Anbetung der ehernen Schlange
Draughtsman
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
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

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Institution
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Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain

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Motifs and References

Genre
Persons Shown
Illustrated Passage
  • Bibel, Altes Testament, Numeri 21,6-9

Iconclass

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

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Last update

22.03.2023