Study for Serpents Sent to Destroy the Sinners, Plate 360, Physica Sacra, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper, In the foreground a group of men in robes, in various states of undress, are shown writhing on the ground at the base of a mountain or hill. A bearded man on the right is on his knees, facing his right with his hands clasped in prayer. A large serpent appears in front of them, with his body partially wrapped around the right portion of the picture frame.

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