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Engraved emblem page: a seated woman holds an infant at left, while a woman and child sit near flames and rocks at right. Latin text fills the page below.

Atalanta fvgiens, hoc est emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica. Accommodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisqúe sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duÆ ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant ... / authore Michaele Majero.

An engraved emblem page from Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618) shows a seated woman at left holding an infant, with rocks and flames to the right where a second woman cradles a child. Below, a Latin caption and epigram appear in black print.

Artist
Michael Maier
Date
1618
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2842 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1618.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Atalanta Fugiens, emblema XXXV: Ceres y Tetis de Michael Maier, 1618

Una página con emblema grabado de la Atalanta Fugiens (1618) de Michael Maier muestra a una mujer sentada a la izquierda con un bebé en brazos, y a la derecha, entre rocas y llamas, otra mujer que sostiene a un niño. Debajo aparecen una leyenda y un epigrama en latín impresos en negro.

Português: Atalanta Fugiens, emblema XXXV: Ceres e Tétis, de Michael Maier, 1618

Uma página com emblema gravado da obra Atalanta Fugiens (1618) de Michael Maier mostra, à esquerda, uma mulher sentada segurando um bebê; à direita, entre rochas e chamas, outra mulher embala uma criança. Abaixo, a legenda e um epigrama em latim aparecem impressos em preto.

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