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Engraving of a woman in a wide gown and a man holding a banner, gazing at a cloud in a library; soldiers stand in a colonnade beyond a window.

Caesar Nostradamus reveals to Marie de' Medici a vision of King Henri IV as her future husband. Etching by N. Ransonnette, 1782.

An engraved print shows a richly dressed woman in a wide-skirted gown and a man in a tricorn hat holding a tall banner, both gazing at a swirl of cloud above them in a bookshelf-lined room. Through a draped window, uniformed soldiers stand in a colonnaded hall, with a caption printed below the scene.

Artist
Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette
Date
[1782]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3190 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1782.
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: Nostradamus presenta una visión a María de Médici, grabado, 1782

Un grabado muestra a una mujer con un vestido ricamente adornado y de falda amplia, y a un hombre con sombrero tricornio que sostiene un estandarte alto, ambos mirando una nube arremolinada sobre ellos en una sala con estanterías de libros. Por una ventana con cortinas, soldados uniformados están de pie en un salón con columnata.

Português: Nostradamus apresenta uma visão a Maria de Médici, gravura, 1782

Uma gravura mostra uma mulher com vestido amplo e richamente ornamentado e um homem de chapéu tricórnio segurando um estandarte alto, ambos olhando para uma nuvem em espiral acima deles em uma sala com estantes de livros. Através de uma janela com cortinas, soldados uniformizados estão em pé em um salão com colunata.

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