Snakes in Art — Page 5

Cleopatra bitten by an Asp

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Baccio Bandinelli|Léon Davent, 1540–56

Dish (coppa)

Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo|Gubbio, 1532

Cleopatra

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Baccio Bandinelli, 1515

The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents

Master of the Labours of Hercules, Verona (?), model after 1506 (possibly cast 19th century)

Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi), 1501–47

Horizontal Panel with a Bird Perched at Center

J. Boissevain, 16th–17th century

Panel

Prudence (Die Firsichtikait), from The Seven Virtues

Hans Burgkmair

The cardinal virtue of Prudence represented by a seated woman holding a snake in her right hand (possibly a modern impression)

Anonymous, ca. 1480–1520

Halberd Head with Naga and Blades

Portrait Head Bottle

Stirrup Spout Bottle with Bird and Snake

Balance Weight with Two Emperors Hunting a Snake

Necklace Beads

Bowl Depicting King Zahhak with Snakes Protruding from His Shoulders

Marble pillar with snake and wreath

Silver swivel ring with agate scarab

Terracotta cup with appliqués

Fragmentary limestone relief with a snake and dolphin

Stela of the God Bes

Royal bust with atypical snake

Terracotta gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)

Chalcedony cone

約公元前五至三世紀 動物紋牌飾|Buckle

Gold pendant ring with carnelian scaraboid

Two fragments of a limestone sarcophagus lid with snakes

Fragment of a limestone group of Herakles, Iolaos, and the Hydra

Terracotta painted gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)

White stone engraved gem

Double-sided stamp seal: nude winged hero dominating snakes; winged dragon

Cylinder seal and modern impression: snake god and deities with hands and feet in the form of snakes, scorpions, and goats

The Rattlesnake

Frederic Remington, 1905, revised 1908; this cast, before 1939

An eagle resting on a cactus holding a snake in its beak (from the Mexican coat of arms)

Anonymous|José Guadalupe Posada, ca 1900–1910

Haunting

Odilon Redon, 1893–94

Mexico, from the National Flags series (N195) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.

William S. Kimball & Company, 1891

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

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

Minnie Maddern as "The Charmer," from the series Fancy Dress Ball Costumes (N73) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co.|Knapp & Company, 1889

Caricatured Indian, 2 Annas, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72, variation 1) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1889

La Tête et la queue du serpent

Félix Bracquemond|Gustave Moreau|Jean de La Fontaine|Boussod, Valadon and Co.|Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1886

Shiva as Lord of the Universe in Benares (Kashi Vishvanatha)

A snake with a woman's head slithering towards a scared man, an illustration from 'The Ballad of the Snake Woman' (reprinted 1930)

José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1880–1910

Moses and Aaron Before Pharoah, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Sir Edward John Poynter, 1863–81

Teapot (part of a set)

Medusa

A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, from "Eaux-Fortes Animaux & Paysages"

Jules Géruzet|Bertauts|Karl Bodmer, ca. 1860

Faust and Mephistopheles in the Hartz Mountains (Goethe, Faust)

Eugène Delacroix, 1825–27

Watch

Jean-François Bautte|Jean-Gabriel Moynier|Firm of Bautte et Moynier, ca. 1826–31

The Deluge towards Its Close

Joshua Shaw|Washington Allston, ca. 1813