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Engraving of two nude figures pouring water into a basin while robed onlookers and a worker tend a vessel; a domed building appears in the distance.

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 two nude male figures pouring water from urns into a basin at center, where a clothed figure in a hat stirs or tends a vessel beside a crouching worker. A group of onlookers stands behind, with a domed rotunda and tower in the distant landscape. Above the image is a Latin motto, and below is a printed epigram in dense type.

Artist
Michael Maier
Date
1618
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2828 × 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: Emblema XL de Atalanta Fugiens: dos fuentes que se unen en un agua

Una lámina grabada con emblema muestra dos figuras masculinas desnudas vertiendo agua de urnas en una pileta central, donde una figura vestida con sombrero remueve o atiende un recipiente junto a un trabajador agachado. Un grupo de espectadores permanece detrás, con una rotonda y una torre en el paisaje lejano. Sobre la imagen aparece un lema latino y debajo un epigrama impreso.

Português: Emblema XL de Atalanta Fugiens: duas fontes que se unem em uma água

Uma gravura com emblema mostra duas figuras masculinas nuas despejando água de urnas em uma bacia central, onde uma figura vestida de chapéu mexe ou cuida de um recipiente ao lado de um trabalhador agachado. Um grupo de observadores permanece atrás, com uma rotunda e uma torre na paisagem distante. Acima há um lema latino e abaixo um epigrama impresso.

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