Snake in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", James Barry

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth", 1792–1795.

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his… (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), graphite, brush and brown ink, gray and brown wash heightened with white

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

L'Espagne au secours de la religion (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, 1809.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Landscape with two nymphs, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with two nymphs, c. 1659.

Paysage aux deux nymphes (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Sin, Pursued by Death, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Sin, Pursued by Death, 1794–1796.

Die Sünde, vom Tode verfolgt (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Heracles Saves Prometheus from the Eagle, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Heracles Saves Prometheus from the Eagle, 1781–1785.

Herakles erlegt den Adler des Prometheus (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine, Elihu Vedder

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine, c. 1890.

Detail of the Marriage of the Daughter of the Vine (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), colored pencil on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Skull and Snake Bottle, 1907.

Pääkallo ja käärmepullo (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist, Le Greco

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist, 1600s.

Saint Jean l'Evangéliste et saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Immaculate Virgin Victorious over the Serpent of Heresy, École de Cuzco

Immaculate Virgin Victorious over the Serpent of Heresy, c. 1680–1700.

Virgen Inmaculada victoriosa sobre la serpiente de la… (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Allegory of the Catholic Faith, Johannes Vermeer

Allegory of the Catholic Faith, c. 1670–1672.

Allegory of the Catholic Faith (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Laocoön, c. 1610–1614.

Laocoön (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll, 1808.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, Katsushika Hokusai

Matsuri Yatai Dragon, 1844.

Matsuri Yatai Dragon (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Composition with Red Head (Still Life with Serpent; the Red Figure), Fernand Léger

Composition with Red Head (Still Life with Serpent; the Red Figure), 1927.

Composition à la tête rouge (Nature morte au serpent; la… (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Die sterbende Kleopatra (Erste Fassung), Arnold Böcklin

Die sterbende Kleopatra (Erste Fassung), 1872.

Die sterbende Kleopatra (Erste Fassung) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Le Jardin des délices, 1490.

Le Jardin des délices (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, 1898–1899.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

La Charmeuse de serpents, Henri Rousseau

La Charmeuse de serpents, 1907.

La Charmeuse de serpents (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Lumière et Couleur, 1843.

Lumière et Couleur (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

艶陽, 1940.

艶陽 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

Medusa, c. 1906.

Medusa (museum title)

Julio Ruelas (Mexican), etching

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Satan Summoning His Legions, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Satan Summoning His Legions, 1802.

Satan über dem feurigen See, Beelzebub zu sich aufrufend (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Tityus, c. 1565.

Tityos (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Snake Charmer, c. 1879.

Snake Charmer (museum title)

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

Eve ['The Nightmare'] (recto); Eve ['The Nightmare'] (verso) (2007.33), Paul Gauguin

Eve ['The Nightmare'] (recto); Eve ['The Nightmare'] (verso) (2007.33), c. 1899–1900.

Eve ['The Nightmare'] (recto); Eve ['The Nightmare']… (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), ink

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Snake, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, Takeuchi Seihō

Snake, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō, 1905.

Snake, from the album Seihō jūnishi jō (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), woodblock print; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Temptation of Adam, 1776.

Temptation of Adam (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, aquatint and open bite

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Dead Christ with Angels, Édouard Manet

The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864.

The Dead Christ with Angels (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake, Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake, 1648.

Paysage au serpent (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Winter, 1660–1664.

L'Hiver (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Le Rêve, 1910.

Le Rêve (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Bacchante, 1881.

Bacchansnő (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, Michel-Ange

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, 1509–1510.

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

L'Ange, debout dans le soleil, J. M. W. Turner

L'Ange, debout dans le soleil, 1846.

L'Ange, debout dans le soleil (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Theology. Allegorical figure, Nicolai Abildgaard

Theology. Allegorical figure, 1800.

Teologien. Allegorisk figur (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La Madone des palefreniers, 1605.

La Madone des palefreniers (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Borghese Gallery, Italy

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Protector of the University of Cusco, École de Cuzco

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Protector of the University of Cusco, c. 1690–1695.

Santo Tomás de Aquino, protector de la Universidad del Cusco (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

The Fall of Man, c. 1550.

La Chute de l'Homme (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Saint Michael the Archangel, Luis Juárez

Saint Michael the Archangel, c. 1620.

San Miguel arcángel (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Study for an illustration in the "Revista Renascença", no. 11, 1905, p. 15, Henrique Bernardelli

Study for an illustration in the "Revista Renascença", no. 11, 1905, p. 15, 1905.

Estudo para ilustração na "Revista Renascença", ed. 11… (museum title)

Henrique Bernardelli (Brazilian), gouache and tempera on cardboard

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Tigre et serpent, 1862.

Tigre et serpent (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Corcoran Gallery of Art, United States

Saint John the Evangelist, 1610–1614.

Saint Jean l'Évangéliste (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, Eugène Delacroix

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, 1861.

Saint Michel terrassant le démon (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), fresco

Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France

Antique Vases and Helmeted Warrior, Wilhelm Marstrand

Antique Vases and Helmeted Warrior, 1868.

Antikke vaser og hjelmklædt kriger (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Self-Portrait as Timanthes, c. 1780–1803.

Self-Portrait as Timanthes (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

The Temptation of Adam, 1767–1770.

The Temptation of Adam (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Medicine, 1907.

Medicine (museum title)

Gustav Klimt (Austrian)

University of Vienna, Austria

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], 1895.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto] (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States