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Colored engraving: bearded old man with a boy and nude youth, kneeling woman in white, snake altar and statue.

Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.

A hand-colored engraving in a circular frame shows a bearded elderly man in draped robes, accompanied by a young boy and a nude youth, beside a kneeling woman in white. A snake-entwined altar and a classical statue on a pedestal stand at left, under printed text reading Flore Medicale.

Artist
Lenormand, Pierre-Jules-Augustin.
Date
[1830?]
Medium
Frontispieces Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3742 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1840.
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: Flore Medicale: anciano con su familia ante un altar con serpiente

Un grabado coloreado a mano dentro de un marco circular muestra a un anciano barbudo con túnica, acompañado por un niño y un joven desnudo, junto a una mujer arrodillada de blanco. A la izquierda, un altar con serpiente enroscada y una estatua clásica sobre un pedestal, bajo el texto impreso «Flore Medicale».

Português: Flore Medicale: ancião com família diante de altar com serpente

Uma gravura colorida à mão em moldura circular mostra um ancião barbudo de manto, acompanhado por um menino e um jovem nu, ao lado de uma mulher ajoelhada de branco. À esquerda, um altar com serpente enrolada e uma estátua clássica sobre um pedestal, sob o texto impresso «Flore Medicale».

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