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Hand-colored woodcut of a pink, scaled fish with yellow fins, curved into a loop over wavy horizontal lines representing water.

Ortus sanitatis.

A hand-colored woodcut shows a fish with a pink, scaled body curved into a loop, its head at upper left and tail at upper right, with yellow fins. Horizontal wavy black lines suggest water behind it, and the black-outlined figure sits within a rectangular frame on aged paper.

Artist
Unknown
Date
23 June 1491
Medium
Incunabula
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3499 × 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

Español: Pez, de Ortus sanitatis (1491)

Un grabado en madera coloreado a mano muestra un pez con el cuerpo rosado y escamado, curvado en forma de lazo, con la cabeza en la parte superior izquierda y la cola en la superior derecha, y aletas amarillas. Líneas negras onduladas horizontales sugieren agua detrás de la figura, que está dentro de un marco rectangular sobre papel envejecido.

Português: Peixe, de Ortus sanitatis (1491)

Uma xilogravura colorida à mão mostra um peixe com corpo rosado e escamado, curvado em forma de laço, com a cabeça no alto à esquerda e a cauda no alto à direita, além de nadadeiras amarelas. Linhas pretas onduladas e horizontais sugerem água atrás da figura, que está dentro de uma moldura retangular sobre papel envelhecido.

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