Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Cesare Ligari (1716-1770)

On the back of the canvas we read that “Cesare Ligari son of Pietro painted this, in Venice, 1740”. The work was donated to the Ambrosiana by a descendant of theirs, Angelo Ligari. The painting shows the episode described in the Book of Numbers (Nm 21: 4-9): God sent poisonous serpents to punish the Israelites for their lamentations and, when Moses begged him to put an end to the massacre, the Lord ordered that a copper serpent should be raised up on a stake: all those who were bitten by a serpent would be saved if they looked at the effigy.

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• TITLE

  Moses and the Brazen Serpent

• AUTHOR

  Cesare Ligari (1716-1770)

• INVENTARIO

  142

• DATE

  1740

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on canvas

• DIMENSIONS

  126 × 163 cm

• SUBJECT

  Sacred art

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  18th century painting

• ROOM

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