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Watercolour of a winged, haloed androgynous figure holding a round mirror beside trees, a lake and hills, with a printed text block below.

The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A winged, haloed figure with an androgynous face stands in a green landscape of trees, a lake and distant hills, holding a round mirror-like disc before a sky of soft blue. Below the arched watercolour panel, a block of printed text headed The Fifth Parable describes an egg and the four elements.

Artist
Ibbs, Edith A.
Date
1900-1909
Medium
Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2574 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Español: El andrógino hermético, acuarela de E.A. Ibbs

Una figura alada con halo y rostro andrógino se encuentra en un paisaje verde de árboles, un lago y colinas lejanas, sosteniendo un disco redondo parecido a un espejo bajo un cielo azul suave. Bajo el panel arqueado de acuarela, un bloque de texto impreso titulado El quinto relato describe un huevo y los cuatro elementos.

Português: O andrógino hermético, aquarela de E.A. Ibbs

Uma figura alada com auréola e rosto andrógino está em uma paisagem verde de árvores, um lago e colinas distantes, segurando um disco redondo semelhante a um espelho sob um céu azul suave. Abaixo do painel em arco de aquarela, um bloco de texto impresso intitulado O quinto relato descreve um ovo e os quatro elementos.

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