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Serpents - Religious aspects

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  • The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.
  • The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.
  • Christ resurrected on the day of judgement. Etching after M. de Vos.
  • Three goddesses dance around the Tree of Knowledge. Engraving by J. Payrau, 1901, after E. Burne-Jones.
  • A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.
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    Christ resurrected on the day of judgement. Etching after M. de Vos.

    Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. | Date: [between 1590 and 1599?] | Reference: 23283i
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    Three goddesses dance around the Tree of Knowledge. Engraving by J. Payrau, 1901, after E. Burne-Jones.

    Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898. | Date: 1901 | Reference: 20653i
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    A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of sin. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870, after J. Bakewell.

    Bakewell, J., active 1770. | Date: 1870 | Reference: 26799i
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    God, aided by an angel, a serpent and Death, inflicts calamitous weather upon the Israelites. Engraving by A. Mochetti after G. della Valle.

    Della Valle, Giuseppe. | Reference: 18244i
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    The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.

    Martin, John, 1789-1854. | Date: 1819-1831 | Reference: 20811i
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