PELLEGRINI, Giovanni Antonio
(b. 1675, Venezia, d. 1741, Venezia)

Brazen Serpent

1707
Oil on canvas
San Moisè, Venice

This painting is an impressive example of the artist's heroic and still youthful mode. The elderly and bearded Jews, their younger, muscular companions, and the bright highlights sharply cutting dark shadows indicate Pellegrini's training with Paolo Pagani.