Snakes in Art — Page 2

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The Fall of Man, from The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ by Albrecht Altdorfer

The Fall of Man, from The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Drawing of a Sword Hilt

Drawing of a Sword Hilt

Horse and rider startled by a snake

Horse and rider startled by a snake

Snake Dance, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Snake Dance, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.

Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company, 1889

Build Your Own World. So Fast Will Disagreeable Things...Vanish (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature") by Christopher Pearse Cranch

Build Your Own World. So Fast Will Disagreeable Things...Vanish (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature")

Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1830–92

Belisarius by baron François Gérard|Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers

Belisarius

baron François Gérard|Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers, 1806

A Medal Cabinet for Napoleon by Jean Guillaume Moitte

A Medal Cabinet for Napoleon

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1804–10

Design for a Rocaille Cartouche with the Figure of Justitia, Plate 2 from an untitled series with architectural cartouches and allegorical figures by Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Jeremias Wachsmuth

Design for a Rocaille Cartouche with the Figure of Justitia, Plate 2 from an untitled series with architectural cartouches and allegorical figures

Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Jeremias Wachsmuth, Printed ca. 1750–56

Adam and Eve in Paradise by David Teniers the Younger

Adam and Eve in Paradise

David Teniers the Younger, 1650s

Taste (Gustus), from Quinque Sensuum by Franz Cleyn|Robert Walton

Taste (Gustus), from Quinque Sensuum

Franz Cleyn|Robert Walton, ca. 1655

Vase with Two Winged Figures Draping a Term by Claes Jansz. Visscher|René Boyvin|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Rosso Fiorentino|Frederick de Wit

Vase with Two Winged Figures Draping a Term

Claes Jansz. Visscher|René Boyvin|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Rosso Fiorentino|Frederick de Wit, 17th century

Vase with a monster at center, two cornucopias, and two flanking winged female figures by Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio

Vase with a monster at center, two cornucopias, and two flanking winged female figures

Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1565–1615

The Fall of Man by Lucas van Leyden

The Fall of Man

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

The Ploughman by Edward Calvert

The Ploughman

Edward Calvert, 1827

Embroidered sampler by Sally Cornelius

Embroidered sampler

Sally Cornelius, 1806

The American Rattle Snake by William Richardson|James Gillray

The American Rattle Snake

William Richardson|James Gillray, April 12, 1782

Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series by First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh

Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, ca. 1785

Designs for the Decoration of Firearms by Nicolas Noël Boutet

Designs for the Decoration of Firearms

Nicolas Noël Boutet, ca. 1797–1805

Vase with mask, a nude cup-bearing figure riding a goat followed by a satyr, and reptile handles, an oval composition by Jacques Guay|Madame la Marquise de Pompadour

Vase with mask, a nude cup-bearing figure riding a goat followed by a satyr, and reptile handles, an oval composition

Jacques Guay|Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, 1751–58

Fall of Man, (Adam and Eve) by Lucas van Leyden

Fall of Man, (Adam and Eve)

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1514

Fall of Man (Adam and Eve) by Lucas van Leyden

Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1514

A young naked man standing at left leaning on the trunk, another seen from behind, holding two snakes in his right hand and a convex mirror in his raised left hand by Marcantonio Raimondi

A young naked man standing at left leaning on the trunk, another seen from behind, holding two snakes in his right hand and a convex mirror in his raised left hand

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510–27

金處士筆 十王図の内|Ten Kings of Hell by Jin Chushi

金處士筆 十王図の内|Ten Kings of Hell

Jin Chushi, before 1195

Marble funerary altar

Marble funerary altar

Anatomie du gladiateur combattant applicable aux beaux arts, ou Traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme de mouvemens, de proportions et des caractères du corps humain (Anatomy of the Fighting Gladiator), Paris (Salvage), 1812 by Librairie Le Normant|Nikolai Utkin|Jean Bosq|Treuttel & Würtz|Bunce l'ainé|Jean-Galbert Salvage

Anatomie du gladiateur combattant applicable aux beaux arts, ou Traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme de mouvemens, de proportions et des caractères du corps humain (Anatomy of the Fighting Gladiator), Paris (Salvage), 1812

Librairie Le Normant|Nikolai Utkin|Jean Bosq|Treuttel & Würtz|Bunce l'ainé|Jean-Galbert Salvage, 1812

Portiere with the Arms of France and Navarre by Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Charles Le Brun

Portiere with the Arms of France and Navarre

Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Charles Le Brun, late 17th century

Vase with Helios or Phaeton on the Chariot of the Sun by Frederick de Wit|Rosso Fiorentino|René Boyvin|Claes Jansz. Visscher

Vase with Helios or Phaeton on the Chariot of the Sun

Frederick de Wit|Rosso Fiorentino|René Boyvin|Claes Jansz. Visscher, 17th century (late)

The Glorification of the Eucharist by Peter Paul Rubens

The Glorification of the Eucharist

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630–32

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes) by Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti

Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti, ca. 1625

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

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

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

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1548

Justice, frontispiece from the "Seven Deadly Sins" by Léon Davent|Luca Penni

Justice, frontispiece from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent|Luca Penni, ca. 1550–55

Embroidered sampler by Sarah Lawrence

Embroidered sampler

Sarah Lawrence, 1768

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Roundel (tondo) by workshop of Giovanni Maria Vasaro

Roundel (tondo)

workshop of Giovanni Maria Vasaro, ca. 1510–20

Snake by Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

Snake

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains, ca. 1870–1880

Harp

Harp

Netsuke of Snake

Netsuke of Snake

Armchair en cabriolet by David Roentgen

Armchair en cabriolet

David Roentgen, ca. 1785

Costume Sword with Scabbard in the Classical Style

Costume Sword with Scabbard in the Classical Style

Netsuke of Snake

Netsuke of Snake

Snake Heads by Katsushika Hokusai

Snake Heads

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th–19th century

Cup by Heinrich Mack

Cup

Heinrich Mack, early 17th century

Needle sheath

Needle sheath

Horizontal Panel Design with a Male Figure, a Putto and a Snake Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux by Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century

Horizontal Panel Design with a Male Figure, a Putto and a Snake Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux

Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, 17th century (first half)

Glove

Glove

Fortune by Heinrich Aldegrever|Albrecht Dürer

Fortune

Heinrich Aldegrever|Albrecht Dürer, 1555

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