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Dangerous reptiles

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  • Saint Christine: she is condemned to be bitten by snakes in a prison cell, but persuades them not to attack her. Engraving by Niccolò Mellini after V. Pizzoli.
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    Saint Christine: she is condemned to be bitten by snakes in a prison cell, but persuades them not to attack her. Engraving by Niccolò Mellini after V. Pizzoli.

    Pizzoli, Vincenzo. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 4631i
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    The snake in the grass: an idyll in which a shepherdess and a young man make love is disturbed by the approach of a snake. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1781, after J. B. Huet.

    Huet, Jean-Baptiste, 1745-1811. | Date: 1781 | Reference: 2475522i
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