Snake Collection (page 13)

Roman wallpainting showing Mount Vesuvius and Bacchus (Dionysus) or the Genius Loci, Pompeii, Italy
Roman wallpainting, Pompeii, Italy; showing Mount Vesuvius and the figure of Bacchus (Dionysus) god of wine wearing clusters of grapes or of the Genius Loci. The snake is a protective cthonic deity

Statuette of the genie La Balafre, Bactrian, end of 3rd to the start of 2nd millenium BC
Statuette of the genie La Balafre (the scarred one), Bactrian, end of 3rd to the start of 2nd millenium BC. The genies body is covered with snake scales. The scar symbolises a destructive ritual

Cartouches below an uraeus, Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Luxor, Egypt, c12th century
Cartouches (names of Ramesses III) below an uraeus, Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Luxor, Egypt, c12th century. This forms the decoration inside the top of an arch in the temple

St Paul the Apostle shaking the viper from his hand, c1808. From the Bible (Acts 28.3)

Moses and the brazen serpent, c1860. Having interceded with God on behalf of Israelites in the wilderness who have been punished for their disobedience with a plague of snakes

Moses and the Brazen Serpent, c1808. God sent plague of serpents to punish the Israelites for their disobedience. They repented, asking Moses to intercede

Adam and Eve ( The Temptation of Adam ), c1520. Artist: Master of Lucretia
Adam and Eve ( The Temptation of Adam ), c1520. Eve offers Adam the apple of the Tree of Knowledge while the serpent, coiled round a tree, looks on. Adam and Eve are naked but each clutches a fig leaf

Adam and Eve, 1493. Adam and Eve, tempted by the Serpent, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are expelled from the Garden of Eden by the Angel of the Lord

Snake Deity, Maya Culture, Mexico. British Museum

Pottery Bowl of an alligator with human arms devouring snakes, Chiriqui, Panama. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Marble votive relief of a Hero Rider from the Cyclades
Hellenistic marble votive relief of a Hero Rider, showing snakes at a sacrifical altar, originally from Amorgos in the Cyclades, now at the Archaeological Museum at Syros

Roman wall-painting of Io being received by Isis
Roman wall-painting of Io (note the cows horns) being received by Isis (with snake), from the Ekklesiasterion (the great hall on the west side) of the temple of Isis at Pompeii

Steatite bowl with mythological scenes ( Lord of the Animals ) from Khafalji, but possible of Elamite origin. The figure could be the goddess Inanna, later Ishtar

Late republican denarii of Julius Caesar, 1st century BC
Late republican denarii of Julius Caesar (100 BC ? 44 BC). On the left is an elephant and snake, in an allegory of good destroying evil

Viking bronze brooch, c. 8th-11th century
Viking bronze brooch showing two snakes, from the Ashmolean museum, c.8th-11th century

Laocoonte, 1789. Artist: Paolo Andrea Triscornia
Laocoonte, 1789. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Statue of Hygieia, Goddess of Health. Roman, after a Greek original of 3rd century BC. In Greek and Roman mythology Hygieia was the daughter of Asklepios, the God of Medicine

Floor mosaic in the Pavilion Hall, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 1847-1851. The mosaics are a copy of the ones unearthed in 1780 in the ancient Roman bath at Ocriculum (Otricoli)

Theatrical Christmas, 1866. Artist: Charles Henry Bennett
Theatrical Christmas, 1866. Mr Punch acts as a snake charmer. One of Punchs illustrated capital letters. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 6, 1866

The Parliamentary Python, 1862. The python at the Zoological Gardens in London had at this time laid some 100 eggs. Although she was incubating them

A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, ca. 1860. Creator: Karl Bodmer
A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, ca. 1860

Intartenimento che dano ogni giorno li Ciarlatani in Piazza di S. Marco al Populo... ca
Intartenimento che dano ogni giorno li Ciarlatani in Piazza di S. Marco al Populo, d ogni natione che mattina e sera ordinariamente, ui concore

Pipe, Mid-late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Wood pipe with high relief of a snake which extends along the stem and wraps around the bowl. Inlaid lead forms the pattern on the snake and the second snake on the pipe bowl

Six people watching a snake, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 34), 1773

Portrait of la Voisin, . n. d. Creator: Antoine Coypel
Portrait of la Voisin, .n.d

Sin of Adam and Eve, 1529. Creator: Lucas van Leyden
Sin of Adam and Eve, 1529

Sanitas, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90. ca. 1585-90. Creator: Philip Galle
Sanitas, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90

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