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  • A woman is swept away by the tempestuous deluge; a small company of people on a hill try to save themselves; a serpent slithers beside them. Mezzotint after J. Martin.
  • God, aided by an angel, a serpent and Death, inflicts calamitous weather upon the Israelites. Engraving by A. Mochetti after G. della Valle.
  • 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 sin. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870, after J. Bakewell.
  • Moses with his rod and his brazen serpent. Engraving by J. Hall, 1793, after B. West.
  • Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people writhe on the ground, besieged by fiery serpents. Etching by G. Cooke, 1816, after C. le Brun.
  • A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.
  • Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people carry their wounded towards it. Etching.
  • As people collapse with snake bites, Moses brings out the brazen serpent. Woodcut.
  • Christ resurrected on the day of judgement. Etching after M. de Vos.
  • Moses presents his brazen serpent to the people. Woodcut after Robert Anning Bell, c. 1890.
  • Moses and Eleazar show the brazen serpent before the writhing multitude afflicted with snake-bites. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens, ca. 1635-40.
  • Moses and Eleazar reveal the brazen serpent to the people afflicted with snakebite. Lithograph by A. Blanco after P.P. Rubens.
  • Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel with a flaming sword. Line engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos, 1583.
  • A serpent with a woman's head lurks in the Tree of Knowledge above Adam and Eve. Chromolithograph after Masolino.
  • 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.
  • Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary; God the Father lifts her up by the shoulders. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.A. Sirani.
  • People writhe in pain among the fiery serpents as Moses produces the brazen serpent. Line engraving after F. Fenzoni.
  • Lucifer's angels tumble out of heaven, their limbs entwined. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-.
  • A woman-serpent bends around the Tree of Knowledge as Adam and Eve reach into the branches. Line engraving by T. de Bry after J. van Winghe.
  • Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel. Etching by H. Winstanley after G. Reni, 1728.
  • The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.
  • Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.