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Rod of Asclepius
symbolic rod from Greek mythology
caduceus
thumb|upright|Modern depiction of the caduceus as the symbol of logistics thumb|upright| carrying a winged caduceus upright in his left hand. A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, [[Rome)]]
The Last Judgment
fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel
Portland Vase
Roman cameo glass vase
Chimera of Arezzo
ancient Etruscan artwork
Gadsden flag
historical American flag depicting a rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me"
Medusa
painting by Caravaggio
Adam and Eve
two paintings by Albrecht Dürer in the Museo del Prado
The Haywain Triptych
triptych by Jheronimus Bosch; Prado version
Join, or Die
political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin
Allegory of the Catholic Faith
painting by Johannes Vermeer, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Resurrection of Christ
painting by Raphael
The Face of War
painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí
Laocoön
painting by El Greco
serpent
mythological symbol
Madonna and Child with Saint Anne
painting by Caravaggio
Biscione
thumb|200px|The coat of arms of the Visconti of Milan showing the biscione wearing a crown
The Dream
painting by Henri Rousseau
Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci
painting by Piero di Cosimo, Musée Condé
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man
painting by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder
La encantadora de serpientes
painting by Henri Rousseau
Lilith
painting by John Collier
The Immaculate Conception
painting by Giambattista Tiepolo in Madrid
The Sin
painting by Franz Stuck at the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Adam and Eve
Pendant painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder 1528 in the Uffizi
The Fall of Man
painting by Titian
Venus and Cupid
painting by Lorenzo Lotto
Concert in the Egg
painting by follower of Hieronymus Bosch
Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings
work of art
Medusa
either of two lost paintings by Leonardo da Vinci
The Magic Circle
painting by John William Waterhouse, Tate Britain
Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent
1790 painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli
Drunken Silenus
painting by Jusepe de Ribera
Cleopatra
painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
Religion saved by Spain
painting by Titian
The Golden Bough
painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner
Allegory of Virtues
painting by Antonio da Correggio
Saint Dominic and Saint Francis Protecting the World from the Wrath of Christ
painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Allegories
series of paintings by Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Previtali in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
The Snake Charmer
painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Triumph of the Name of Jesus
painting
The Four Seasons
series of four paintings by Nicolas Poussin
Death of Cleopatra
painting by Orazio or Artemisia Gentileschi, ca. 1613 (if by Orazio), or 1621-1622 (if by Artemisia)
Eve, the Serpent and Death
painting by Hans Baldung Grien
The Virgin Mary and Saint Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger
painting by Rubens
Caduceus as a symbol of medicine
Greek symbol of Hermes erroneously used as a symbol of healing
Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid
painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Cleopatra discovered by her servants
painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
The Soul Breaking the Links Holding it to the Earth
painting by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
The Hydra
painting by Gustav Klimt
Bardi Altarpiece
painting by Parmigianino
Allegory
painting by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio
Adam and Eve
paintings by Hans Baldung
Self-Portrait
painting by Paul Gauguin