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Brazen Serpent, The

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

Fedor Reusche (wood engraver)
born 1823

Title

Brazen Serpent, The

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5868.23

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper right margin & recto : : 69 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre within image & recto : : F.REUSCHE.sc. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE BRAZEN SERPENT. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the / serpent of brass, he lived. Numbers. XXI. 9. //

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