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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAM-can-055. The mustelocephalic (marten/weasel-headed), red-eyed Serpent entwining the tree trunk (Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?) and biting the left wrist of the decomposing Adam (?) reaching with his right hand for the fruit hanging on a tree branch above (not shown) and transforming into the figure of Death (?); naked Eve, holding the fruit in her right hand behind her buttocks and grasping the tail of the Serpent by her left which is in turn grasped by the Adam/Death's left hand. |
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| Polychrome oil paint, wood (likely linden) |
Painting (Eve, the Serpent and Adam as Death, detail) |
Hans Baldung, called Grien/Grün (1484-1545 AD) |
German Renaissan- ce, 1510s-1520s AD |
TBD | National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Inventory № 17011 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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