Hand-colored woodcut of three animals standing on yellow and green ground, with Latin caption printed below and text above.

Hand-colored woodcut of three animals from the Ortus sanitatis

A hand-colored woodcut from an early printed book shows three animals standing on a yellow and green ground, with a short Latin caption printed beneath. The figures are outlined in black and shaded with simple hatching against a page of printed text.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 23 June 1491
Medium: Incunabula
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 3111 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1491.
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

15th century 1490s 1491 woodcut hand-colored print natural history early printed book incunabula animals ortus sanitatis latin caption medieval illustration