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Hand-colored woodcut of a pink, scaled fish with yellow fins, curved into a loop over wavy horizontal lines representing water.

Fish, from Ortus sanitatis (1491)

A hand-colored woodcut shows a fish with a pink, scaled body curved into a loop, its head at upper left and tail at upper right, with yellow fins. Horizontal wavy black lines suggest water behind it, and the black-outlined figure sits within a rectangular frame on aged paper.

Artist
Unknown
Date
23 June 1491
Medium
Incunabula
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3499 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1491.
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

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