Used by
- Joannes Arcerius — 1647×1
- Idzardus Balck — 1640×1, 1647×1
- Feddrick Heyns — 1623×1, 1625×1, 1627×1
- Hendrick Laurensz — 1617×1, 1625×1, 1627×1
- Johannes Wellens — 1660×1, 1664×1
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Two hands clasping a mixture of tau-cross and anchor around which a snake is coiled
Iconclass notations
11D123(TAU-CROSS)
specific forms of the cross: Tau-cross
25F42(+1)
snakes (+ animals used symbolically)
25F42(+5222)
snakes (+ climbing animal(s))
26A
clouds
31A2245(+933)
hand (+ holding something)
44B191
crown (symbol of sovereignty)
46C215(ANCHOR)
parts of ship's exterior: anchor
71E3243
anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar