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The Brazen Serpent

Sistine Chapel corner pendentive over the altar. Moses lifts the bronze serpent on a pole; those bitten who look on it live — the image Christ invokes in John 3.

The Brazen Serpent by Michelangelo Buonarroti depicting Numbers 21:6 — View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564).Source

Depicted passages

Numbers 21:6-9Primary

Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti

About Michelangelo Buonarroti

1475-1564 · Italian

Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome

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