Study for Serpents Sent to Destroy the Sinners, Plate 360, Physica Sacra
date: label: Date
content: before 1731
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736
label: Author
content: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss, 1672–1733
label: Publisher
content: Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the foreground a group of men in robes, in various states of undress, are shown writhing on the ground at the base of a mountain or hill. A bearded man on the right is on his knees, facing his right with his hands clasped in prayer. A large serpent appears in front of them, with his body partially wrapped around the right portion of the picture frame. A mountainous landscape that includes a building with two turrets can be seen in the background. Another large serpent is partially wrapped around the picture frame on the left side, and his curving body extends below the bottom portion of the frame. The elaborately ornamented frame also includes decorative masks, tree limbs, and fire-breathing creatures that resemble serpents or snakes.
place: label: made in
content: Zürich, Switzerland
label: published in
content: Ulm, Germany
label: published in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-110-8
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.6 × 20 cm (11 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)