# Woman Bitten by a Snake \(Femme piquée par un serpent\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CLÉSINGER, Auguste](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Marble, 56 x 180 x 70 cm

## Commentary

The artist&#39;s model was Baudelaire&#39;s muse, Apollonie Sabatier \(1822-1890\), a Parisian beauty who held a salon in Paris and was familiarly known as &#34;La Présidente&#34;; in lending her body to Clésinger she brought him unhoped-for success.

## Related artworks

- [Angel of Grief](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/angel-of-grief-r6940d63c670c55>)
- [Entombment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/entombment-r0802b08d0ad432>)
- [Leda and the Swan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/leda-and-the-swan-re61dd5572c5851>)
- [Madame Sabatier](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/madame-sabatier-r2e0abf580cd3d5>)
- [Roman Bull](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/roman-bull-r20630b0028312a>)
- [Woman Bitten by a Snake \(Femme piquée par un serpent\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/woman-bitten-by-a-snake-femme-pique-par-un-serpent-rb994972f4e87d8>)
- [Woman Bitten by a Snake](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/woman-bitten-by-a-snake-r1c90efd0279b15>)
- [Woman Bitten by a Snake](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/woman-bitten-by-a-snake-rc99d45cea06e94>)
- [Zingara, Neapolitan Dancer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clsinger-auguste-r1b85a08e5b95da/zingara-neapolitan-dancer-re9b4d878518d1e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)