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Arched watercolour: androgynous figure with red cloak and round mirror, winged figure behind, hazy hilly landscape beyond.

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

A watercolour in an arched frame shows an androgynous figure in a dark tunic and red cloak, holding a round, mirror-like disc, with a second face and white wings behind the head. Golden rays surround the head, and a hazy landscape of rolling hills, a winding river and distant towers recedes under a pink and blue sky.

Artist
Ibbs, Edith A.
Date
1900-1909
Medium
Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2828 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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