# The Brazen Serpent

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TINTORETTO, Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 840 x 520 cm

## Commentary

The terror of the poisonous snakes of the desert is thwarted by the magic serpent of bronze that Moses carries aloft on the cross. Venice at the time was ravaged by the plague, which in two years would wipe out a quarter of the city&#39;s residents.

## Related artworks

- [A Philosopher \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/a-philosopher-detail-rcdd96bc9aeeca4>)
- [A Philosopher](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/a-philosopher-ra2f30693441c01>)
- [Allegory of Faith](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-faith-r5144eaf169ae09>)
- [Allegory of Fortune \(Felicità\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-fortune-felicit-r6977d31d065cdd>)
- [Allegory of Generosity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-generosity-r8a9b1e556ffec4>)
- [Allegory of Goodness](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-goodness-r7b535d6f567eb0>)
- [Allegory of Happiness](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-happiness-r509c2e15b4dcb1>)
- [Allegory of the Scuola della Carità](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-the-scuola-della-carit-r9d34db2e693c16>)
- [Allegory of the Scuola della Misericordia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-the-scuola-della-misericordia-r4d0e46819e0617>)
- [Allegory of the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-the-scuola-di-san-giovanni-evangelista-r7aa337fd5b28c7>)
- [Allegory of the Scuola di San Marco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-the-scuola-di-san-marco-r8e82b56c5707fa>)
- [Allegory of the Scuola di San Teodoro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tintoretto-jacopo-rd67c173db626ef/allegory-of-the-scuola-di-san-teodoro-r7599fe72100f0e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)