From Rubens by Leon Kossoff

Provenance, a gift from the artist; inscribed "for Naomi with love from Leon and Peggy" 

Leon Kossoff was somewhat obsessed with the "classical works" and this is one of a series of oils and works on paper depicting works by Cézanne, Poussin, Titian, Rubens and Rembrandt. This work depicts Ruben's The Brazen Serpent, housed in the National Gallery, London