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
Source
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 October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3041.