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Description: | The Israelites in the wilderness are attacked by a plague of fiery serpents sent by God in punishment for their sinfulness. Moses exhorts them to look at a bronze serpent he has set up, because 'everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live' (Numbers 21. 6-9). Although some individuals flee, the more obedient turn towards the bronze serpent and will be saved. According to Christian teaching, this episode prefigures Christians' acceptance of Christ crucified as their redeemer. The expressive gestures and facial expressions in this painting are characteristic of the work of Charles Le Brun, who dominated seventeenth-century French painting. | Subjects: | Old Testament) Brazen Serpent religion (Moses | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Le Brun, Charles (French designer, painter, and draftsman, 1619-1690) Æ Previously attributed to Le Sueur, Eustache (French painter and draftsman, 1616-1655) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8881... | Go to resource |
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