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The Shedding Snake
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The Shedding Snake

Jacques Callot · 1621 - 1635 · etching; paper

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

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Depiction of a snake among the rocks; the old skin it has just shed lies to the right next to it. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Monastic Life in Emblems'. The second state of this series includes, besides an illustrated title page and 26 emblems, a title page and a dedication page, both in text only.

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Credit lineVervellende slang. 1621 - 1635. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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