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Snake eating a child

About This Item

Title

Snake eating a child

Subject

Book Illustrations
Book Illustrations

Description

Title provided by cataloger.
Woodcut depicts a monsterous birth, where a stillborn child came out of the womb with a snake devouring its back. The image is upside down, as the woodcut was printed upside down.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.733a

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

6 x 13 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Snake eating a child,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3041.