"The Weaned Child Shall Put His Hand on the Cockatric Den"
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001
Details
Title
"The Weaned Child Shall Put His Hand on the Cockatric Den"
Artist/Maker
Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)
Date
ca. 1976
Medium
Paint on fiberglass
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Cousins Foundation, Inc., and donors to the Paradise Project Campaign
Accession #
1994.216.1
This sign hung in Paradise Garden near the sculpture of the same subject, providing a portion of the Bible verse that inspired it: “And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Isaiah 11:8–9).