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Engraving of a nude man swimming in rough water toward a sea monster at right, with a distant harbor town and ships under a cloudy sky.

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 plate shows a nude man swimming on rippled water, head turned toward a serpent-like sea creature rising at right. Walled towns, ships and hills fill the distant shore under a cloudy sky, with Latin text above the image.

Artist
Michael Maier
Date
1618
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2751 × 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: Hombre nadando ante un monstruo marino, emblema XXXI de Atalanta Fugiens

Una lámina grabada de emblema muestra a un hombre desnudo nadando sobre agua ondulada, con la cabeza vuelta hacia una criatura marina con forma de serpiente que emerge a la derecha. Al fondo, ciudades amuralladas, barcos y colinas bajo un cielo nublado, con texto latino encima.

Português: Homem nadando diante de um monstro marinho, emblema XXXI de Atalanta Fugiens

Uma gravura de emblema mostra um homem nu nadando sobre águas onduladas, com a cabeça voltada para uma criatura marinha semelhante a uma serpente que surge à direita. Ao fundo, cidades muradas, navios e colinas sob um céu nublado, com texto em latim acima.

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