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Engraving of a wolf attacking a reclining figure on a shore, with a fire and a distant walled city at right, above printed Latin epigram text.

Atalanta fvgiens, hoc est emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica. Accommodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisqúe sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duÆ ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant ... / authore Michaele Majero.

An engraved emblem plate showing a wolf attacking a prone nude figure in the foreground, while a small figure tends a fire at right and a walled city lies beyond water. Latin verse text sits below the image, with the page header above.

Artist
Michael Maier
Date
1618
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2786 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1618.
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: Emblema XXIV: lobo devorando a un rey, de Atalanta Fugiens

Una lámina de emblema grabada que muestra a un lobo atacando a una figura desnuda tendida en primer plano, mientras una pequeña figura atiende un fuego a la derecha y una ciudad amurallada se ve al otro lado del agua. Debajo aparece texto latino en verso.

Português: Emblema XXIV: lobo devorando um rei, de Atalanta Fugiens

Uma gravura de emblema mostra um lobo atacando uma figura nua caída em primeiro plano, enquanto uma pequena figura cuida de um fogo à direita e uma cidade murada aparece além da água. Abaixo, há texto latino em versos.

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