A Thief Being Bitten by a Snake

Description Provenance Credit

Description This illustration from Walters manuscript W.666 depicts a thief being bitten by a snake while trying to steal the purse of a man dining with friends.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Atai (Uzbeki, died 1044 AH/AD 1634) (Author)
Khayr Allah Khayri Jawush Zadah (Scribe)

Period

1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.666.60A

Measurements

H: 8 1/4 x W: 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.5 cm)

Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Tayyib and Tahir at a Party with Their Rescuers in European Attire	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.138A	Accession
hamse-yiatayi	Tags

Two Lovers Spared from Being Beheaded Due their Loyalty for Each Other	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.82B	Accession
ceramic	Tags

Plato in a Cave with His Followers Bringing their Self-portraits for Examination	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.73A	Accession
plato	Tags

A Sodomite Disgraced	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.59A	Accession
persecution, percussion, privacy	Tags

Two Men Caught in Bed Together	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.56A	Accession
sodomite, privacy	Tags

Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666	Accession
ismaili	Tags

Leaf from Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.9B	Accession

Colophon	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.21A	Accession

Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.binding	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.142B	Accession

The Ship Carrying Tahir and Tayyib Being Greeted by Two Christian Nobles in a Boat	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.139B	Accession

Tahir and Tayyib Being Rescued by a Christian Ship	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.137A	Accession

A Young Man Looking Out of the Window for His Lover Abdullah	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.130A	Accession

A King Looking at a Picture of His Son and His Tutor, who Fell in Love with Him	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.127A	Accession

Sultan Mahmud Killing a Lion and a Dragon	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.124B	Accession

A Shamed Man Who Lied About a Three-day Journey from Mecca to Nishapur	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.84A	Accession

An Imam Who Put Ink, Rather than Rosewater, on His Face	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.48A	Accession

Sultan Mahmud on Horseback Speaking with Ayaz	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.123A	Accession

Hursid, a Chinese Ruler, Watching His Vizier’s Young Son Swim in a Pool	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.118B	Accession

A Learned Man	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.113B	Accession

Caliph Ma'mun and His Soldiers Being Greeted by a Man with a Tray of Fruit	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.97B	Accession

An Innocent Youth Being Entertained by a Group of Sodomites	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.88B	Accession

Meeting of the Armies of Alexander the Great and the Emperor of China	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.77A	Accession

A Messenger from Seljuk Sultan Meliksah Being Received by the Byzantine King	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.69B	Accession

Musicians Entertaining Sultan Murad IV	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.67A	Accession

An Adulterous Husband and His Lover Butted by a Ram	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.55B	Accession

A Juriconsult Giving Sexual Advice	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.51B	Accession

An Assassin Sent by the King of Yemen Searching for Hatem	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.46B	Accession

The Poet 'Ata'i Talking to a Learned Man in a Tavern	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.44A	Accession
ottoman, tavern, wine	Tags

Seyh Baba and His Men	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.42B	Accession

Seyh Gülseni Setting Out with His Disciples on a Voyage	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.41A	Accession

Seyh Nizameddin Saving the Life of Hüsrev-i Hindi	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.37A	Accession

A Christian Girl on Her Deathbed After Converting to Islam	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.35B	Accession

The Poet 'Ata'i Reading from His Book (Hamse) to his Master	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.33A	Accession

Sultan Murad IV Receiving Homage from His Subjects	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.28A	Accession

Battle Between the Ottoman and Hungarian Armies	Title
1133 AH/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.27A	Accession

Ottoman Turks Fighting the Polish Army, from the Hamse (Quintet) of ʿAtaʾullah bin Yahya ʿAtaʾi	Title
AH 1133/AD 1721 (Ottoman)	Period
W.666.6A	Accession