Snakes in Art

Platter

Bernard Palissy, last quarter 16th century

Lidded Saltcellar

Sapi-Portuguese artist, 15th–16th century

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Snake Jug

Wallace Kirkpatrick|Anna Pottery|Cornwall Kirkpatrick, ca. 1877

Sauceboat

Anthony Rasch, ca. 1815

Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Thermouthis

Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Major General John E. Wool (1784–1869)

Samuel Jackson, 1854–55

Buddha Protected by a Seven-headed Naga

Drum

Nasca artist(s), 100–400 CE

Two bronze helmets

Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals

The Falls of Niagara

Edward Hicks, ca. 1825

Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale

Standing cup with cover

Piece

Paccha

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Copper Pin

Uraeus

Jaguar, from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter|Lindner, Eddy & Claus, 1890

Pheasant Caught by a Snake

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, ca. 1887

Platter

Bernard Palissy, second half 19th century

Design for Cast-iron Grate in Rococo Style with Putti Fire Dogs

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Netsuke of Snake Catcher

Ornamental Panel with Flaming Lamps and Sheet Music

Anonymous, French, 19th century, 19th century

明萬曆 五毒紋紗羅|Panel with the five poisonous creatures

Pilgrim Flask

Bernard Palissy, probably 1556–67

Young Hercules Killing the Snakes

Albrecht Altdorfer

Limestone snake-charmer

Scarab Base with Incised Lion and Cobra

Kheker Friese, Tomb of Tjay

Charles K. Wilkinson, ca. 1550–1458 B.C.

Caricatured Indian, 2 Annas, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72, variation 2) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Round dish with fighting lizard and snake

Manuel Mafra, 1865–87

The Tares (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

Dalziel Brothers|Sir John Everett Millais, 1864

The Dead Christ with Angels

Edouard Manet, 1864

Sketch of Statue: Bacchante by Bartolini

John Gibson, ca. 1850

The Marriage of Telephus and Auge prevented

Edward Francis Burney, 1790–1800

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743–50

The Temptation of Adam and Eve

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), early 18th century

Ragini, possibly Asavari: Folio from a Ragamala Series

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti, ca. 1625

Plate 111: Aesacus and Hespeia (Aesacus Eperies mortem dolens ex scopulo se praecipitans abit in mergum), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Needlepoint valance (one of three)

Adam and Eve Eating the Forbidden Fruit, from Old and New Testaments

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1548

Sin of Adam and Eve

Lucas van Leyden, 1529

"The Old Snake Tells the Tale of Biting the Ascetic's Son by Mistake", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

Adam and Eve

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien), 1511