Moses and the Brazen Serpent, 1787, Benjamin West, American, (active Britain), 1738 - 1820, 21 1/16 × 12 15/16 in. ( × cm) (sheet)29 1/4 × 22 15/16 × 1 3/4 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Black chalk, squared in white chalk, on buff-colored paper, England, 18th century, The story of Moses and the Brazen Serpent comes from the Bible (Numbers 21). God had sent the Israelites to wander in the wilderness as punishment for their sins. Forgetting that this exile had arisen from their own failings, they began to blame Moses for their misery.

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