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Engraving of a woman lying in a landscape, wrapped by a large serpent, with ruined arches behind and a Latin epigram printed below.

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 woman lying on the ground, her body entwined by a large serpent that bites near her neck, with ruined arches and a distant town on the right. The black-and-white print sits above a Latin epigram and a headline reading Draco mulierem.

Artist
Michael Maier
Date
1618
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2843 × 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 L: dragón enroscado sobre una mujer, de Atalanta Fugiens

Una lámina grabada con emblema que muestra a una mujer tendida en el suelo, con su cuerpo enlazado por una gran serpiente que muerde cerca de su cuello, y arcos en ruinas a la derecha. Debajo aparece un epigrama en latín.

Português: Emblema L: dragão enrolado em uma mulher, de Atalanta Fugiens

Uma gravura emblemática que mostra uma mulher deitada no chão, com o corpo envolvido por uma grande serpente que morde perto do pescoço, e arcos em ruínas à direita. Abaixo aparece um epigrama em latim.

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