Small painting of a brown goat leaping under a red-rayed disk, with a standing figure and a seated figure on a rug below.

Capricorn, the goat: zodiac gouache painting

A small gouache painting shows a brown goat leaping beneath a pale disk with red rays, identified in the record as the zodiac sign Capricorn. Below, a standing figure in a pink garment faces a seated person in a white headdress beside a red patterned rug and a cushion.

Artist: Unknown
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium: Gouaches Paintings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2762 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
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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