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Coloured pen and ink drawing of a woman in yellow holding a cup, beside a skeleton, scales, a sphinx and cabinet shelves.

Hygieia, goddess of health, in a scientific cabinet. Coloured pen and ink drawing by O. Cramer, 1837.

A woman in a yellow gown and green sash, with a laurel wreath in her hair, raises a shallow bowl toward a serpent-like vessel while standing before a blue curtain. Behind her, a skeleton, an oil lamp, scales, a sphinx and cabinet shelves with vessels fill a room, and an inscription with the artist's name and date appears at lower right in this coloured pen and ink drawing.

Artist
Cramer, Ottmar.
Date
1837
Medium
Allegorical drawings Ink drawings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2701 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1837.
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: Hygieia, diosa de la salud, en un gabinete científico, 1837

Una mujer con vestido amarillo, faja verde y una corona de laurel en el cabello alza un cuenco poco profundo frente a un cortinaje azul. Detrás de ella aparecen un esqueleto, una lámpara de aceite, una balanza, una esfinge y estantes con recipientes en un gabinete, y en la esquina inferior derecha hay una inscripción con el nombre del artista y la fecha en este dibujo a pluma y tinta coloreada.

Português: Hygieia, deusa da saúde, em um gabinete científico, 1837

Uma mulher de vestido amarelo, faixa verde e coroa de louros no cabelo ergue uma taça rasa diante de uma cortina azul. Ao fundo, há um esqueleto, uma lamparina, uma balança, uma esfinge e prateleiras com vasos em um gabinete, e no canto inferior direito aparece uma inscrição com o nome do artista e a data neste desenho em pena e tinta colorida.

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