Snakes in Art — Page 9

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Plate 14: Six figures marching in a procession, two atop horses, a snake at bottom center; plate from 'Repraesentatio Der Fürstlichen Auffzug und Ritterspil... Herrn Johann Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württenberg und Teckh... und Fürstin Barbara Sophien ...' Stuttgart, November 6, 1609 by Johann Ottinger|Balthasar Küchler

Plate 14: Six figures marching in a procession, two atop horses, a snake at bottom center; plate from 'Repraesentatio Der Fürstlichen Auffzug und Ritterspil... Herrn Johann Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württenberg und Teckh... und Fürstin Barbara Sophien ...' Stuttgart, November 6, 1609

Johann Ottinger|Balthasar Küchler, 1611

The Calumny of Apelles by Cornelis Cort|Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari)|Giovanni Orlandi

The Calumny of Apelles

Cornelis Cort|Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari)|Giovanni Orlandi, 1602

Mythological Scene by Antonio Gandini

Mythological Scene

Antonio Gandini, 1602–30

Apollo Slaying the Python by Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century|Andrea Pozzo|Anonymous, 17th century|Hendrick Goltzius

Apollo Slaying the Python

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century|Andrea Pozzo|Anonymous, 17th century|Hendrick Goltzius, 17th century

Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene by Johann Theodor de Bry

Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580–1600

Design for a Knife Handle with the Personification of Prudence by Johann Theodor de Bry

Design for a Knife Handle with the Personification of Prudence

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580–1600

Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts by Johann Sadeler I|Maerten de Vos

Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts

Johann Sadeler I|Maerten de Vos, ca. 1570–1600

Apollo Killing the Python by Robert Willemsz de Baudous|Hendrick Goltzius

Apollo Killing the Python

Robert Willemsz de Baudous|Hendrick Goltzius

"The Tortoise", Folio from an `Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini by Zakaria bin Muhammad bin Mahmud Abu Yahya Qazwini

"The Tortoise", Folio from an `Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini

Zakaria bin Muhammad bin Mahmud Abu Yahya Qazwini, second half 16th century

The Temptation of Adam and Eve, from "The Story of Adam and Eve" by Heinrich Aldegrever

The Temptation of Adam and Eve, from "The Story of Adam and Eve"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Cleopatra Bitten By an Asp by Jean Mignon|Luca Penni

Cleopatra Bitten By an Asp

Jean Mignon|Luca Penni, 1535–55

Father Time at the right leaning on a scythe, three naked boys and eagle at the left by Giulio Bonasone|Giulio Romano

Father Time at the right leaning on a scythe, three naked boys and eagle at the left

Giulio Bonasone|Giulio Romano, 1531–76

Cleopatra by Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)

Cleopatra

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi), ca. 1514–1600

Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Garden of Eden; Creation of the Animals by Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century

Garden of Eden; Creation of the Animals

Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century, 16th century

Designs for Book Illustrations by Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century

Designs for Book Illustrations

Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century, 16th century

Adam and Eve, from the Small Passion, copy by Albrecht Dürer|Johann Mommard

Adam and Eve, from the Small Passion, copy

Albrecht Dürer|Johann Mommard, n.d.

St. John by Martin Schongauer

St. John

Martin Schongauer, 1470–1491

Stela of Pekysis

Stela of Pekysis

J. M. Balmaceda, President of Chili, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-2) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. by W. Duke, Sons & Co.

J. M. Balmaceda, President of Chili, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-2) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1888

Knave (Robespierre from France), from "Court Game of Geography" by William and Henry Rock

Knave (Robespierre from France), from "Court Game of Geography"

William and Henry Rock, 1838–55

The Round of the Sabbath or Witches' Sabbath by Louis Boulanger|Frey

The Round of the Sabbath or Witches' Sabbath

Louis Boulanger|Frey, 1835

Illustration design for "The Economy of Human Life" by Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

Illustration design for "The Economy of Human Life"

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard, 1834

Two illustrations for "The Economy of Human Life" by Frank Howard|Robert Dodsley|John van Voorst

Two illustrations for "The Economy of Human Life"

Frank Howard|Robert Dodsley|John van Voorst, 1834

Witches in a Hay Loft by Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward

Witches in a Hay Loft

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward, April 29, 1807

Witches in a Hay Loft by Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|George Murgatroyd Woodward

Witches in a Hay Loft

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|George Murgatroyd Woodward, 1807–1813

Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes by Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre|Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France|Catherine II, Empress of Russia|Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Anonymous, German, 18th century

Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes

Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre|Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France|Catherine II, Empress of Russia|Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Anonymous, German, 18th century, 1793–1800

Cleopatra looking upwards while holding an asp in her right hand and clutching at her stomach with her left, a bowl of figs at left, after Reni by Francesco Pieraccini|Giovanni Rivera|Guido Reni

Cleopatra looking upwards while holding an asp in her right hand and clutching at her stomach with her left, a bowl of figs at left, after Reni

Francesco Pieraccini|Giovanni Rivera|Guido Reni, ca. 1796–1861

Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank, frightened by a snake by Thomas Rowlandson

Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank, frightened by a snake

Thomas Rowlandson, 1775–1827

Three magicians burning a snake, from the Scherzi by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Three magicians burning a snake, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743–50

Winter by Nicolas Poussin|Jean Audran

Winter

Nicolas Poussin|Jean Audran, n.d.

Embroidered picture

Embroidered picture

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents" by Philips Galle|Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"

Philips Galle|Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. 1590–1600

The Creation of Eve and The Temptation (one of a set of three)

The Creation of Eve and The Temptation (one of a set of three)

Envy, from The Vices by Heinrich Aldegrever

Envy, from The Vices

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Grotesque with an Architectural Structure with a Young Boy on a Bed, Holding a Snake. by Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Grotesque with an Architectural Structure with a Young Boy on a Bed, Holding a Snake.

Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 1540 after

"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi by Mahmud 'Abd-al Baqi

"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi

Mahmud 'Abd-al Baqi, mid-16th century

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Ancient bas-reliefs with Laocoon by Marco Dente

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Ancient bas-reliefs with Laocoon

Marco Dente, ca. 1516–20 (?)

Terracotta hydria (water jar) by Hesperides Painter

Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Hesperides Painter, early 4th century BCE

Terracotta neck-amphora

Terracotta neck-amphora

Takore Sahib of Morvi, India, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-1) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. by W. Duke, Sons & Co.

Takore Sahib of Morvi, India, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-1) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.

W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1888

The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again by Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again

Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London, December 10, 1813

The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again by Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again

Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson, December 10, 1813

The American Rattlesnake Presenting Monsieur his Ally [sic] a Dish of Frogs by J. Barrow

The American Rattlesnake Presenting Monsieur his Ally [sic] a Dish of Frogs

J. Barrow, November 8, 1782

Africa from a set of The Four Continents by Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|de Menou|Louis XVI, King of France

Africa from a set of The Four Continents

Beauvais|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier|de Menou|Louis XVI, King of France, designed ca. 1786, woven 1790–91

Drawing of a Decorated Coat of Arms surrounded by Books, Owl, Leaves, Vase and a Snake by Carlo Bianconi

Drawing of a Decorated Coat of Arms surrounded by Books, Owl, Leaves, Vase and a Snake

Carlo Bianconi, 1732–1802

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