The planets and signs of the zodiac send down their influence on to the body of a man on earth; women representing nature (?) and medicine stand on the left, while scholars watch and dispute on the right. Engraving, 16--.
- Date:
- [between 1600 and 1699]
- Reference:
- 643131i
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Description
Three women stand on the left: one holds a balance and a compass (?), the second (Nature?) is many-breasted and rolls the man's long hair into a ball, the third holds a staff of Aesculapius, a poppy and a lily
Publication/Creation
[France?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image and border 24 x 16 cm
Reference
Wellcome Collection 643131i
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Location Status Access Closed stores