Engraving of a robed woman holding a star-shaped object and a staff with a snake coiled around it, with a flask at her feet and Latin text below.

Sanitas: Hygieia, Goddess of Health, Engraving After Philip Galle

An engraved allegorical figure of a robed woman with a wreath in her hair stands beside a staff entwined by a serpent, holding a star-shaped pentacle aloft. A flask and a small vessel rest at her feet, and a Latin inscription with the number 10 and 177 appears in the lower margin.

Artist: Philip Galle
Date: [1595?]
Medium: Engravings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2413 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1605.
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

16th century renaissance 1590s engraving allegory latin inscription serpent staff hygieia