Coloured print of a framed page with small day-sign icons on the border and a red and tan serpent coiling beside seated figures, a monkey and a temple.

Aztec divinatory page with serpent, coloured aquatint, ca. 1820

A coloured aquatint of a framed page of divinatory figures in red, ochre and black, with day signs along the border. A large red-and-tan serpent coils beside a seated deity, a monkey, and a small temple, all set on a pale ground.

Artist: Klemi-Bonatti, Domenico, active 1818-1845.
Date: [1820]
Medium: Aquatints
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2342 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1820.
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

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