Augustus John, OM, RA

1878-1961

Study for "Moses and the Brazen Serpent"

Ref: 1208

Pen and ink, 23.5 by 30 cm

Provenance: William C.Gore; thence by descent

 

 

John’s ambitious religious painting Moses and the Brazen Serpent won the Slade Summer Composition Prize in the artist’s last year there (in 1898). The present work is one of a number of the artist’s studies for the final composition, reflecting his deep admiration for Dutch Old Master drawing, particularly, in the present case, the pen and ink drawings of Rembrandt.

 

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