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Etched title page with a seated woman working at a table of bottles and plants, a standing figure above, and printed text reading Pharmacopoeia Augustana.

A woman representing pharmacy receives gifts of materia medica from vegetable and mineral sources, and with the aid of a herbal distils them into medicines; above, Apollo gives authority to Hippocrates as other Olympians stand outside the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

An etched title page shows a seated woman in a headscarf grinding or sorting plants at a cluttered table, while a gilded-haloed figure stands atop a temple-like structure above. Behind her, bottles, jars, a skeleton-like figure and a large animal appear, with printed text reading Pharmacopoeia Augustana at the center.

Artist
Romeyn de Hooghe
Date
[1672]
Medium
Title pages Etchings Allegorical prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2957 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1672.
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: Alegoría de la farmacia con portada de Pharmacopoeia Augustana

Una portada grabada al aguafuerte muestra a una mujer sentada con pañuelo en la cabeza, trabajando con plantas sobre una mesa llena de frascos. Arriba, una figura con halo está de pie sobre una estructura parecida a un templo, y el texto impreso dice Pharmacopoeia Augustana.

Português: Alegoria da farmácia com frontispício da Pharmacopoeia Augustana

Uma folha de rosto gravada em água-forte mostra uma mulher sentada, de lenço na cabeça, trabalhando com plantas em uma mesa cheia de frascos. Acima, uma figura com auréola está de pé sobre uma estrutura semelhante a um templo, e o texto impresso traz Pharmacopoeia Augustana.

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