Illustration: 71E3243x71E3241x71E1312x1
General
| Title | 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, when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers, Moses communicating with God on Mount Sinai (the mountain may be covered by a thick cloud) |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 107x85 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Artist | Christoffel (2) van Sichem |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1657 |
| Iconclass | 71E3243,71E3241,71E1312 |
| Iconclass description | 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, when the people complain again about the food, God sends poisonous snakes; many die of snake-bites ~ book of Numbers, Moses communicating with God on Mount Sinai (the mountain may be covered by a thick cloud) |
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Numbers) vol.1 p.R5v |
References
Literature references
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306
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