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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Jane Avril | Vintage Poster PrintHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Jane Avril

Collection · 32 prints

The Snake

Temptation, medicine and monster

Snake and serpent art prints: paintings, engravings and illustrations of snakes, serpents and dragons from myth, religion and natural history.

Works include Albrecht Dürer's Adam and Eve engraving (1504), Paul Gauguin's Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake (1889), Edward Burne-Jones's Perseus and Andromeda and Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent, Elihu Vedder's Head of Medusa and Odilon Redon's Symbolist lithographs. The collection also includes Maria Sibylla Merian's Surinam plates of snakes and reptiles (1705), a Chamba miniature of Vishnu on the serpent Ananta, a Kalighat painting of Manasa the snake goddess, Michael Maier's alchemical ouroboros (1618) and illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac.

The selection shows the serpent in opposite roles, as tempter and monster in European art and as a protective or divine figure in Indian painting.

The engravings and alchemical plates suit studies and libraries; the colourful Indian paintings work in a living room or hallway. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.

The Swan, from The Carnival of the Animals — Camille Saint-Saëns
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Jane Avril by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — A dancer in black twists beneath a coiling yellow serpent and red boa
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Jane Avril | Vintage Poster Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Snake Charmer by Henri Rousseau — A dark silhouetted figure charms snakes by moonlit water
Henri Rousseau — The Snake Charmer | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Frommes Kalender by Koloman Moser — A woman in profile lifts an hourglass inside a coiled serpent
Koloman Moser — Frommes Kalender | Lithograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Head of Medusa by Elihu Vedder — A woman in profile, her wind-blown hair threaded with snakes
Elihu Vedder — Head of Medusa | Symbolist Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Gustav Klimt — Hygieia (detail from Medicine) | Fine Art Print - 9ArtPrints
Gustav Klimt — Hygieia (detail from Medicine) | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Memgumban Gets the Idea by N. C. Wyeth — A barefoot man eyes a golden python coiled in a jungle tree
N. C. Wyeth — Memgumban Gets the Idea | Illustration Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Medea: She whipped up the snakes and ascended high over the city by Virginia Frances Sterrett — A woman in white rides a winged purple serpent above a temple
Virginia Frances Sterrett — Medea: She whipped up the snakes and ascended high over the city | Fairy Tale Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Snake Charmer by Charles Wilda — A snake charmer raises a cobra before a distant mosque
Charles Wilda — The Snake Charmer | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Ohé! Ohé! Horrible Dragon, O Swallow Me Not by Arthur Rackham — A flame-haired trickster recoils from a huge serpent's open jaws
Arthur Rackham — Ohé! Ohé! Horrible Dragon, O Swallow Me Not | Wagner Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Andromeda by Arthur Rackham — A red-haired princess recoils from a pale sea serpent on the rocks
Arthur Rackham — Andromeda | Fairy Tale Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent by Edward Burne-Jones — In a gilded roundel a woman in gold twists away from a serpent
Edward Burne-Jones — Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent | Pre-Raphaelite Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book: The Serpent Prince by Edmund Dulac — A lady in red stands calm as a pale serpent rises among elephants
Edmund Dulac — Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book: The Serpent Prince | Fairy Tale Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Tanglewood Tales: She Shook Her Hands over the Multitude Below by Edmund Dulac — An enchantress flees in a flaming chariot drawn by two serpents
Edmund Dulac — Tanglewood Tales: She Shook Her Hands over the Multitude Below | Fairy Tale Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Eve by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer — Long red hair falls across her chest as a serpent coils behind
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer — Eve | Symbolist Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Temptation of Saint Anthony: Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears by Odilon Redon — A scaled serpent's head rises from blackness over fallen
Odilon Redon — The Temptation of Saint Anthony: Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears | Symbolist Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Apollo's Chariot and the Dragon by Odilon Redon — Pale horses racing toward a red sun above a coiling striped serpent
Odilon Redon — Apollo's Chariot and the Dragon | Symbolist Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake by Paul Gauguin — The painter under a golden halo, a snake held between his fingers
Paul Gauguin — Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate 69: Caiman and Snake by Maria Sibylla Merian — A caiman seizes a banded snake as a hatchling breaks from its egg
Maria Sibylla Merian — Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate 69: Caiman and Snake | Natural History Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent by Chamba school — Vishnu reclines on an eight-headed serpent in a pond of lotuses
Chamba school — Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent | Indian Miniature Painting Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Manasa, The Snake Goddess by Kalighat painter — The snake goddess stands on a coiled cobra, serpents on her arms
Kalighat painter — Manasa, The Snake Goddess | Kalighat Painting Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Woman and Toy Snake by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — A woman in patterned robes looks down at a toy snake
Utagawa Kuniyoshi — Woman and Toy Snake | Japanese Woodblock Print (Ukiyo-e) Sale priceFrom $165.00
To the Deceived Brothers by Alexander Apsit — A club-wielding figure battles a crowned, many-headed serpent
Alexander Apsit — To the Deceived Brothers | Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate 52: Flowering Branch with Yellow Butterflies by Maria Sibylla Merian — Yellow butterflies around a twisting stem
Maria Sibylla Merian — Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate 52: Flowering Branch with Yellow Butterflies | Natural History Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer — The first couple stand at the tree as the serpent offers a fruit
Albrecht Dürer — Adam and Eve | Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Perseus and Andromeda by Edward Burne-Jones — A hero grapples a sea serpent's blue coils beside a rocky shore
Edward Burne-Jones — Perseus and Andromeda | Pre-Raphaelite Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Gustav Klimt — Envy (Der Neid) | Fine Art Print - 9ArtPrints
Gustav Klimt — Envy (Der Neid) | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $175.00
Gustave Doré — Purgatorio, Canto VIII: The Serpent Fled | Dante Illustration Print - 9ArtPrints
Gustave Doré — Purgatorio, Canto VIII: The Serpent Fled | Dante Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Tales of Mystery and Imagination: And Now Slowly Opened the Eyes by Harry Clarke — A dark-eyed woman in a grey robe stands beside a man in red hose
Harry Clarke — Tales of Mystery and Imagination: And Now Slowly Opened the Eyes | Gothic Illustration Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Idol of Perversity by Jean Delville — A serpent winds across a radiant idol's bare torso
Jean Delville — The Idol of Perversity | Symbolist Art Print Sale priceFrom $210.00
Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem 14: This Is the Dragon That Devours Its Own Tail by Michael Maier — A winged dragon curls into a ring to bite its own tail among ruins
Michael Maier — Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem 14: This Is the Dragon That Devours Its Own Tail | Alchemical Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Origins: There Were Struggles and Vain Victories by Odilon Redon — A long-haired centaur drives a spear at a coiling serpent
Odilon Redon — The Origins: There Were Struggles and Vain Victories | Symbolist Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate 70: Lizard by Maria Sibylla Merian — A scaly lizard twists under its looped tail before open hills
Maria Sibylla Merian — Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate 70: Lizard | Natural History Print Sale priceFrom $165.00