Ringed Snake Collection

The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, 1881 (oil on canvas)
FFA151968 The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915); 74.5x169.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Princess Margaret was the Laidly Worm; )

In the middle of the Indian forest, a man waits for the train near the railway line (Colour Litho)
2778091 In the middle of the Indian forest, a man waits for the train near the railway line (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Laocoon, prior to 20th century restoration, with extended arm (marble) (b / w photo)
ALI217181 Laocoon, prior to 20th century restoration, with extended arm (marble) (b/w photo) by Greek; height: 242 cm; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; Alinari

Plaque of an Egyptian styled winged man holding a snake. Nimrud, Mesopotamia, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory)
3288495 Plaque of an Egyptian styled winged man holding a snake. Nimrud, Mesopotamia, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory); Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo © Zev Radovan.

Banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (chromolitho)
7185800 Banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Apollon killing the snake Python (Monochrome drawing, 1805)
LRI4696247 Apollon killing the snake Python (Monochrome drawing, 1805) by Bacigalupo, Giuseppe (1744-1821); Palazzo Ducale, Genova

Eve (litho)
3643517 Eve (litho) by Gill, Eric (1882-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eve. Illustration for The Engraved Work of Eric Gill (V&A, 1963).); © Look and Learn

Drama about the French liner "Saint Etienne": gorillas, tiger, lion
XEE4183826 Drama about the French liner " Saint Etienne" : gorillas, tiger, lion and snake destined for English zoological gardens escaped from their cage and attacked the crew members

The discord (La discorde) - Fables by La Fontaine, 19th century (engraving)
DUV4214569 The discord (La discorde) - Fables by La Fontaine, 19th century (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info)

Laocoon - Minerva supporting the Greeks sends the snakes from the sea to attack Laocoon who warns the inhabitants of
JLJ4601410 Laocoon - Minerva supporting the Greeks sends the snakes from the sea to attack Laocoon who warns the inhabitants of the city of Trojan against the horse

Adam and Eve, from the Sagars alterpiece (tempera on panel)
IND54453 Adam and Eve, from the Sagars alterpiece (tempera on panel) by Spanish School, (12th century); Museo Diocesano de Solsona, Lleida, Spain; (add.info.: Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil; )

Adam and Eve (copied from the painting by Titian) (detail of 51710)
IND209203 Adam and Eve (copied from the painting by Titian) (detail of 51710) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); Prado, Madrid, Spain

Adam and Eve, 1511 (woodcut)
5858433 Adam and Eve, 1511 (woodcut) by Grien, Hans Baldung (1484/5-1545); 37.7x25.7 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA

The Fall of Mankind, 1511 (woodcut)
5858421 The Fall of Mankind, 1511 (woodcut) by Grien, Hans Baldung (1484/5-1545); 38--25.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: on upper plaque: LAPSUS HUMA: / NI GENERIS )

Un Drame Sur Une Ile Flottante (engraving)
2789037 Un Drame Sur Une Ile Flottante (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Drame Sur Une Ile Flottante)

Apollo killing Python (chromolitho)
2782939 Apollo killing Python (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apollo killing Python. Liebig card, published in late 19th or early 20th century)

Down from the heights of the air fell Perseus, illustration for How Perseus came to Ethiopia
IL193704 Down from the heights of the air fell Perseus, illustration for How Perseus came to Ethiopia, from The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales, by Charles Kingsley (1819-75) (colour litho) by Davie

Lohanna, girl with snake (photo)
667723 Lohanna, girl with snake (photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lohanna, girl with snake. Melia cigarette card, c 1910.); © Look and Learn

Bungalow Life in India (engraving)
1054528 Bungalow Life in India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bungalow Life in India)

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, from the floor of The House of Hercules (mosaic)
GDG287805 Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, from the floor of The House of Hercules (mosaic) by Roman, (3rd century AD); Volubilis

Apollo Killing the Python (engraving)
981683 Apollo Killing the Python (engraving) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apollo Killing the Python)

The Triumph of Death (fresco) (detail of 34572)
BAL63050 The Triumph of Death (fresco) (detail of 34572) by Master of the Triumph of Death, (fl.1360-80) (attributed to); Camposanto, Pisa, Italy

The Tiger and the Boa Constrictor, 1835 (w / c on paper)
CH257839 The Tiger and the Boa Constrictor, 1835 (w/c on paper) by Zotl, Aloys (1831-87); 43.2x54 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Lilith, 1887 (oil on canvas) (detail of 125798)
483200 Lilith, 1887 (oil on canvas) (detail of 125798) by Collier, John (1850-1934); (add.info.: character in Jewish mythology; first wife of Adam, created from the same clay)

The dwarves quarrelling over the body of Fafner, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
STC324256 The dwarves quarrelling over the body of Fafner, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924 (colour litho) by Rackham

Kali, Kangra (gouache heightened with gold on paper)
615472 Kali, Kangra (gouache heightened with gold on paper) by Indian School, (19th century); 26.4x19.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: standing atop Siva and Parvati in an amorous embrace)

Kali Dancing on Shiva
HSC207115 Kali Dancing on Shiva by Indian School; Horniman Museum, London, UK; Photo © Heini Schneebeli

Siegfried kills Fafner, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924 (colour litho)
STC324254 Siegfried kills Fafner, illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924 (colour litho) by Rackham

The Brazen Serpent, right hand section (oil on canvas)
XIR161392 The Brazen Serpent, right hand section (oil on canvas) by Vouet, Simon (1590-1649); Musee des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Sensuality, c. 1891 (oil on canvas)
CH416890 Sensuality, c.1891 (oil on canvas) by Stuck, Franz von (1863-1928); 50.5x36.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Der Sinnlichkeit; ); Photo © Christies Images

The Infant Hercules, (oil on canvas)
652123 The Infant Hercules, (oil on canvas) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92); 127x101.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Infant Hercules. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). Oil on canvas

Ms 1335 f. 180 The Flotilla of Alexander the Great, from Vie d Alexandre le Grand (vellum)
XIR168707 Ms 1335 f.180 The Flotilla of Alexander the Great, from Vie d Alexandre le Grand (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Reims

Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake, c. 1648 (oil on canvas)
XCF282070 Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake, c.1648 (oil on canvas) by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665); National Gallery, London, UK

A porcupines sharp quills drive out a nest of snakes from a cav 1811 (etching)
7235824 A porcupines sharp quills drive out a nest of snakes from a cav 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A porcupine agrees to share a cave with a nest of snakes)

The Tree of Liberty - with the Devil tempting John Bull, James Gillray, 1798
528670 The Tree of Liberty - with the Devil tempting John Bull, James Gillray, 1798. Serpent, tail in Cap of Liberty, face of Charles James Fox, coiled round dying oak

The Valley of the Shadow of Death by James Gillray, published 24 September 1808
BRO43272 The Valley of the Shadow of Death by James Gillray, published 24 September 1808 by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

Egyptian Antiquite: "The Death of Cleopatra"The Queen of Egypt Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC)
ELD4853032 Egyptian Antiquite: " The Death of Cleopatra" The Queen of Egypt Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC) suicide by being bitten by two aspics snakes (Suicide of Egypt Cleopatra)

THE MOCK PHOENIX! Or a vain attempt to RISE AGAIN, 1813 (engraving)
7262244 THE MOCK PHOENIX! Or a vain attempt to RISE AGAIN, 1813 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); Bromley Museum, Orpington, UK; (add.info.: THE MOCK PHOENIX)

Napoleon gallops on Ambition, a horse with wings on its feet over the globe, 1814 (engraving)
7262245 Napoleon gallops on Ambition, a horse with wings on its feet over the globe, 1814 (engraving) by Heath, William (1795-1840); Bromley Museum, Orpington

Cleopatra VII Philopator. Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
7261236 Cleopatra VII Philopator. Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. by Piloty, Karl Theodor von (1826-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleopatra VII Philopator, 69 BC-30 BC)

Full length classically draped female standing by a tree, being scaled by a snake, 1780-1800 (Pencil)
7261627 Full length classically draped female standing by a tree, being scaled by a snake, 1780-1800 (Pencil) by Head, Guy (1753-1800); 22.2x18 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent

Tritons and Putti, 1606-69 (Chalk)
7261589 Tritons and Putti, 1606-69 (Chalk) by Fialetti, Odoardo (1573-1638); 12.6x19 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Tritons and Putti. 1606-1669)

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"The Enigmatic Ringed Snake: A Journey Through Art and Literature" This captivating collection of artworks and literary references takes us on a mesmerizing journey into the realm of the ringed snake. From ancient sculptures to intricate illustrations, each piece offers a unique perspective on this enigmatic creature. We begin with "Laocoon, " an iconic marble sculpture from antiquity. Prior to its 20th-century restoration, this masterpiece depicted the Trojan priest Laocoon in agony as he fought against serpents sent by the gods. The extended arm adds drama and intensity to his struggle. Moving forward in time, we encounter John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost. " In Illustration 1, Satan is seen summoning his legions with an air of malevolence. Amidst this scene unfolds a subtle reference to our subject—the presence of a serpent symbolizing temptation and evil. Next, we delve into Greek mythology through Apollon's triumph over Python. This monochrome drawing captures the moment when Apollo slays the monstrous snake that guarded Delphi. The artist skillfully portrays both power and grace in this dynamic composition. Tiziano Vecellio's painting "Tityos" transports us to Renaissance Europe. Here, we witness Tityos enduring eternal punishment for attempting to violate Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. Among his torments are two vengeful snakes forever gnawing at his liver—a haunting depiction that showcases Titian's mastery. Shifting gears dramatically, we stumble upon an intriguing event involving escaped animals aboard the French liner "Saint Etienne. " Gorillas, tigers, lions—and yes—snakes wreak havoc on unsuspecting crew members in a gripping tale captured through an engraving from that era. The theme continues with Jean de La Fontaine's fable "The Discord, " where snakes play their part as symbols of strife and chaos within society—an allegorical reminder of the dangers that discord can bring.