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Title: The Brazen Serpent
Description: The Brazen Serpent is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, probably dating to between 1635 and 1640. It is now in the National Gallery in London. Its shows a scene from the Old Testament (Numbers 21: 6–9). It seems to include some work by his students, who may have blocked it in from a modello by Rubens himself, with the artist working up the result.
Author(s): Sir Peter Paul Rubens