4275B

The Brazen Serpent

Artist: Unidentified Novohispanic Artist
Title: The Brazen Serpent
Date: 17th or 18th century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Museo de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México.
Photo Source: PESSCA Archive
Correspondence Credit: Aaron Hyman and Almerindo Ojeda
Note: There are close engravings of this subject, in the same direction, by Aubert, Ragot, Galle, and two unidentified engravers at the Teylers Museum. All of these versions have the woman at the center of the composition bare-breasted, while the Gobert has her chest covered (as in this painting). This painting is furthermore in the opposite direction as the Bolswert.
Item: 4275B