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Paul Bitten by a Serpent on the Hand
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Paul Bitten by a Serpent on the Hand

Hendrick Goltzius · 1580 - 1584 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Paul is bitten by a snake while he attempts to throw a bundle of wood on a fire. He is surrounded by a large group of people - prisoners who together with him had suffered shipwreck on the way to Rome at Malta (in the background the ship can be seen on the coast). Below the scene four lines of Latin. This print is part of a 36-part series of prints of the history of the apostles.

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Credit linePaulus door een adder in de hand gebeten. 1580 - 1584. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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