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Gotthard Ringgli

Philoctetes Being Bitten by the Snake

late 16th–early 17th century
Pen and gray and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash
8.9 × 13.2 cm (3.5 × 5.2 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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