Snakes in Art Photos

Snakes in decoration, design, art, sculpture.

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Greek terracotta black-figure wine cup with Eagle Battling Snake from Lakonia at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Greek terracotta white-background drinking cup with Maenad & leopard & snake coiled in hair by Brygos-painter at Antikensammlungen. Munich, Germany.Greek terracotta red-figure mixing vessel with Triptolemos on snake-drawn chariot & Persephone from Athens at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Roman copy of Greek sculpture of Asclepius with snakes & staff at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria.
Greek terracotta black-figure wine cup (kylix) with Eagle Battling Snake (c530 BCE) from Lakonia at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Greek terracotta white-background drinking cup with Maenad & leopard & snake coiled in hair (c490-480 BCE) by Brygos-painter at Antikensammlungen. Munich, Germany.Greek terracotta red-figure mixing vessel (dinos) with Triptolemos on snake-drawn chariot & Persephone (c470 BCE) from Athens at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Roman copy of Greek sculpture of Asclepius with snakes & staff (c340 BCE) at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria.
Greek gold snake bracelet from Egypt at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Roman marble portrait statue of Antinous, lover of Emperor Hadrian with Cornucopia & Snake at Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany.Ceramic snake gourde from northern Italy at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Table clock with Adam & Eve where snake's tongue points to time from Nuremberg? at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Greek gold snake bracelet (300-100 BCE) from Egypt at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Roman marble portrait statue of Antinous, lover of Emperor Hadrian with Cornucopia & Snake (110-140 CE) at Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany.Ceramic snake gourde (16thC?) from northern Italy at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Table clock with Adam & Eve where snake's tongue points to time (c1600) from Nuremberg? at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Egg-shaped tea urns with snake-shaped handles, a uniquely Scottish design from Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Egg-shaped tea urns with snake-shaped handles, a uniquely Scottish design from Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Polychrome tureen cover with snake handle from Rouen at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France.Grill of County Hall in Eger by Henrik Fazola features a stork with snake. Hungary.
Egg-shaped tea urns with snake-shaped handles, a uniquely Scottish design (1720-30s) from Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Egg-shaped tea urns with snake-shaped handles, a uniquely Scottish design (1720-30s) from Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Polychrome tureen cover with snake handle (end 18thC) from Rouen at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France.Grill (c1758-61) of County Hall in Eger by Henrik Fazola (of Würtzberg) features a stork with snake. Hungary.
Plate with eagle, deer & snake in Museum of Greek Folk Art in a Mosque built 1759, Athens. Greece.Lead-glazed creamware pipe in form of snake from Staffordshire, England at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.American wooden carved eagle & snake at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY.Netsuke of skull with two snakes & Netsuke of Hannya mask from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Plate with eagle, deer & snake in Museum of Greek Folk Art in a Mosque built 1759, Athens. Greece.Lead-glazed creamware pipe in form of snake (c1770) from Staffordshire, England at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.American wooden carved eagle & snake (c1790) at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY.Netsuke of skull with two snakes (1800-1900) & Netsuke of Hannya mask (c1650-1705) from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Netsuke of monkey in coils of snake from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Carved finial with snake holding apple in Mission San Luis Rey. Oceanside, CA.Porcelain teapot with snake handle by Sèvres at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Iridescent glass snake by Pantin Crystal Works at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Netsuke of monkey in coils of snake (c1800-1900) from Japan at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA.Carved finial with snake holding apple (1813) in Mission San Luis Rey. Oceanside, CA.Porcelain teapot with snake handle (1833) by Sèvres at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Iridescent glass snake (mid 19thC) by Pantin Crystal Works at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.
Lion Crushing a Snake bronze sculpture by Antoine Barye at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.Eagle with Snake painting by unknown at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.Tiger & Snake painting by Eugène Delacroix at Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Baccarat vase with snake coiled around base from France at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY.
Lion Crushing a Snake bronze sculpture (19thC) by Antoine Barye at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.Eagle with Snake painting (19thC) by unknown at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.Tiger & Snake painting (1862) by Eugène Delacroix at Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Baccarat vase with snake coiled around base (1876) from France at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY.
Embossed plate with chimera fighting snake by Elkington Co. of Birmingham at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Cherokee snake effigy jar at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Silver snake pitcher by Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Vase with snake handles by Edmond Edouard Achille Lachenal at Hamburg Decorative Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.
Embossed plate with chimera fighting snake (1878) by Elkington Co. of Birmingham (shown Paris Expo 1878) at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Cherokee snake effigy jar (1880s) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Silver snake pitcher (1885) by Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Vase with snake handles (c1899) by Edmond Edouard Achille Lachenal (France) at Hamburg Decorative Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.
Venetian glass bowl with snake handles at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.Ringling Bros. snake den circus wagon at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Rattlesnake bronze sculpture by Frederic Remington at Rockwell Museum of Art. Corning, NY.Snake Charmer painting by Henri Rousseau at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.
Venetian glass bowl with snake handles (c1900) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.Ringling Bros. snake den circus wagon (1902) at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Rattlesnake bronze sculpture (1905) by Frederic Remington at Rockwell Museum of Art. Corning, NY.Snake Charmer painting (1907) by Henri Rousseau at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.
Detail of Paradise painting including Adam, Eve & snake by Marc Chagall at Chagall Museum. Nice, France.Snake path a sculpted walkway by Alexis Smith leading down from the Geisel Library at UCSD. La Jolla, CA.Bronze snake door handle slithers through glass door on Rodeo Drive store. Beverly Hills, CA.Pair of cobras etched on fireplace at Clarke Estate. Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Detail of Paradise painting including Adam, Eve & snake (1961) by Marc Chagall at Chagall Museum. Nice, France.Snake path (1992) a sculpted walkway by Alexis Smith leading down from the Geisel Library at UCSD. La Jolla, CA.Bronze snake door handle slithers through glass door on Rodeo Drive store. Beverly Hills, CA.Pair of cobras etched on fireplace at Clarke Estate. Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Bronze sculpture of a draped Roman youth by pillar with snake at Henry E. Huntington Library. San Marino, CA.Coiled Snake stone sculpture by Joan Benjamin at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Colorado Springs, CO.Bird fighting snake light fixture at Butler-McCook House Museum. Hartford, CT.Lamp in form of snake with electric wire serving as snake tongue at Woodrow Wilson House. Washington, DC.
Bronze sculpture of a draped Roman youth by pillar with snake at Henry E. Huntington Library. San Marino, CA.Coiled Snake stone sculpture by Joan Benjamin at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Colorado Springs, CO.Bird fighting snake light fixture at Butler-McCook House Museum. Hartford, CT.Lamp in form of snake with electric wire serving as snake tongue at Woodrow Wilson House. Washington, DC.
Cast metal door pull with horns & snake at Gößweinstein pilgrimage basilica. Gößweinstein, Germany.American pitcher of red glass with snake handle at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Mosaic sign of bar server wrapped in snake-like orange peel on rue de Seine in Latin Quarter. Paris, France.Painted scene on glass of parrot & snake with garlands of plants at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Cast metal door pull with horns & snake at Gößweinstein pilgrimage basilica. Gößweinstein, Germany.American pitcher of red glass with snake handle at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Mosaic sign of bar server wrapped in snake-like orange peel on rue de Seine in Latin Quarter. Paris, France.Painted scene on glass of parrot & snake with garlands of plants at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Man with ring of snakes carved on column base around cloister at Fontevraud Abbey. Fontevraud, France.Cast iron snake at Wrought Iron Museum. Rouen, France.Egyptian cobras on wings in ballroom of Fox Theatre. Atlanta, GA.Candler Building lamps held by snakes held by lion. Atlanta, GA.
Man with ring of snakes carved on column base around cloister at Fontevraud Abbey. Fontevraud, France.Cast iron snake at Wrought Iron Museum. Rouen, France.Egyptian cobras on wings in ballroom of Fox Theatre. Atlanta, GA.Candler Building lamps held by snakes held by lion. Atlanta, GA.
Decorated leather book binding with Satyr & snake from France at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland.Horizontal cylindrical dial clock in shape of urn wrapped with snakes at Russborough House. Ireland.Red glass snake paperweight at Illinois State Museum. Springfield, IL.Detail of centaur grappling with snake on Fountain of Centaurs by Adolph A. Weinman at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Decorated leather book binding with Satyr & snake from France at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland.Horizontal cylindrical dial clock in shape of urn wrapped with snakes at Russborough House. Ireland.Red glass snake paperweight at Illinois State Museum. Springfield, IL.Detail of centaur grappling with snake on Fountain of Centaurs by Adolph A. Weinman at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
New Mexican rabbit & snake crafts. Santa Fe, NM.Carved snakes in Davis Mather Folk Art Gallery. Santa Fe, NM.Wall of carved snakes in Davis Mather Folk Art Gallery. Santa Fe, NM.WW II poster with rattlesnake warning against careless talk at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
New Mexican rabbit & snake crafts. Santa Fe, NM.Carved snakes in Davis Mather Folk Art Gallery. Santa Fe, NM.Wall of carved snakes in Davis Mather Folk Art Gallery. Santa Fe, NM.WW II poster with rattlesnake warning against careless talk at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.
Palace water taps shaped like a cobra in Durbar Square, Bhaktapur. Nepal.Detail of cobra carving on Swayambhunath Buddhist Temple, Katmandu. Nepal.Romanesque portal with snake, eagle & lion of Bosworth Hall at Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH.Angoram magistrate's chair carved with woman giving birth to two snakes represents the scales of justice. Papua New Guinea.
Palace water taps shaped like a cobra in Durbar Square, Bhaktapur. Nepal.Detail of cobra carving on Swayambhunath Buddhist Temple, Katmandu. Nepal.Romanesque portal with snake, eagle & lion of Bosworth Hall at Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH.Angoram magistrate's chair carved with woman giving birth to two snakes represents the scales of justice. Papua New Guinea.
Jade sculpture of mythical creature with snake handle on stand with precious stones at The Elms. Newport, RI.Death of Laocoon in Vatican Museum features priest of Apollo crushed to death along with sons by snakes part of Lacuane Group by artists from Rhodes. Vatican City.Western Diamondback Rattlesnake limestone floor mosaic detail in Great Hall of State at Fair Park. Dallas, TX.University of Texas Union Building Arts & Sciences relief with owl, longhorn, jackrabbit, rattlesnake, cactus & other creatures. Austin, TX.
Jade sculpture of mythical creature with snake handle on stand with precious stones at The Elms. Newport, RI.Death of Laocoon in Vatican Museum features priest of Apollo crushed to death along with sons by snakes part of Lacuane Group (Laocoön) by artists from Rhodes (1C BCE). Vatican City.Western Diamondback Rattlesnake limestone floor mosaic detail in Great Hall of State at Fair Park. Dallas, TX.University of Texas Union Building Arts & Sciences relief with owl, longhorn, jackrabbit, rattlesnake, cactus & other creatures. Austin, TX.
Adamesque bedroom fireplace mantle with snake-handle urn at Haddo House. Methlick, Scotland.Pictish carved stone with mirror, snakes & bird at St Vigeans Museum. Arbroath, Scotland.Pictish cross-slab detail of Pictish symbols of fish, snake & other beast including camel at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland.Pictish graveslab with pair of dancing sea-horses & bird heads beak-to-beak beneath array of bosses & coiled snakes at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland.
Adamesque bedroom fireplace mantle with snake-handle urn at Haddo House. Methlick, Scotland.Pictish carved stone with mirror, snakes & bird at St Vigeans Museum. Arbroath, Scotland.Pictish cross-slab (back of #1) detail of Pictish symbols of fish, snake & other beast including camel at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland.Pictish graveslab (#26) with pair of dancing sea-horses & bird heads beak-to-beak beneath array of bosses & coiled snakes at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland.
Carved bull & eagle with snake at Scottish National War Memorial. Edinburgh, Scotland.Carving of tiger battling a snake on red & silver circus wagon at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Carving of snake charmer & dragon on Ringling Bros. snake den circus wagon at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Snake charmers with cobras in Jaipur. India.
Carved bull & eagle with snake at Scottish National War Memorial. Edinburgh, Scotland.Carving of tiger battling a snake on red & silver circus wagon at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Carving of snake charmer & dragon on Ringling Bros. snake den circus wagon at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Snake charmers with cobras in Jaipur. India.
Snake charmers with cobras in Jaipur. India.Ceramic table centerpiece in form of rock with snakes & other creatures by Charles-Jean Avisseau of Tours, France at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Ceramic plate with models of snakes, frogs & nature by Georges Pull of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Ceramic oval plate with snake & rustic nature by successor of Bernard Palissy at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
Snake charmers with cobras in Jaipur. India.Ceramic table centerpiece in form of rock with snakes & other creatures (1860) by Charles-Jean Avisseau of Tours, France (shown Paris Expo 1867) at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Ceramic plate with models of snakes, frogs & nature (c1860) by Georges Pull of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Ceramic oval plate with snake & rustic nature (end 16thC-mid 17thC) by successor of Bernard Palissy at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
Ceramic oval plate with snake & crayfish by successor of Bernard Palissy at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Glazed earthenware platter with moulded snake, lizard, shells & leaves from France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Glazed earthenware platter with moulded snake, fish & other creatures at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Ceramic plate with moulded snake, crayfish & frogs by Agostine Conrado from Nevers, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Ceramic oval plate with snake & crayfish (early 17thC) by successor of Bernard Palissy at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Glazed earthenware platter with moulded snake, lizard, shells & leaves (1580-1630) from France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Glazed earthenware platter with moulded snake, fish & other creatures (1580-1630) at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.Ceramic plate with moulded snake, crayfish & frogs (1599) by Agostine Conrado from Nevers, France at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.
Earthenware plate with fishes & snakes before 1873 by Barbizet & fils of Paris in style of Bernard Palissy at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Southern coastal California native coiled basket tray with rattlesnake design from southern AZ at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Zuni painted meal bowl with snakes & lizards at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.Aztec basalt snake effigy from Mexico at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.
Earthenware plate with fishes & snakes before 1873 by Barbizet & fils of Paris in style of Bernard Palissy at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Southern coastal California native coiled basket tray with rattlesnake design (c1900) from southern AZ at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. Zuni painted meal bowl with snakes & lizards (c1929) at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. Aztec basalt snake effigy (c1200-1521) from Mexico at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.
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