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A Crowned Woman with a Rose-Topped Caduceus, in a Circle of Water

A Crowned Woman with a Rose-Topped Caduceus, in a Circle of Water

The Crown as the central motif, with the Serpent and the Dragon in a secondary part. From The Flamel figures.

After Nicolas Flamel, attributed, date not recorded.

Coloured etching from the Hieroglyphic Figures attributed to Nicolas Flamel.

Public Domain Mark · Web copy 1005 by 1400 px · Wellcome Collection

Key · 2 motifs

The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.

  1. 1The Crowncentral motif as it reads here: The Caduceus
  2. 2The Serpent and the Dragonsecondary motif

The picture

A crowned woman in red holds a caduceus topped with a rose, standing on a flower within a ring of water, a winged head in a cloud above her; the Crown as the central motif, the Serpent by eye. By eye

Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.

Also carrying the Crown

8 works. The symbol.

Also carrying the Serpent and the Dragon

10 works. The symbol.

In the same series

The Hieroglyphic Figures attributed to Nicolas Flamel

Record

Source
Wellcome Collection
Rights
Public Domain Mark. Wellcome Collection marks the work as free of known copyright restrictions.
Restoration
None. A 1005 by 1400 pixel web copy made from the source file; nothing retouched, nothing upscaled.
Series
The Hieroglyphic Figures attributed to Nicolas Flamel
Titled here
A Crowned Woman with a Rose-Topped Caduceus, in a Circle of Water. Wellcome Collection catalogues it as: A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Checked
Wellcome Collection's own catalogue record, 4 September 2026: the rights, the maker, the date, accession ckz6rqdz. The title on this page is ours, as the line above says. Not seen in the gallery.
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Symbolica, “A Crowned Woman with a Rose-Topped Caduceus, in a Circle of Water”, After Nicolas Flamel, attributed, date not recorded. thesymbolica.com/work/a-crowned-woman-with-a-rose-topped-caduceus-in-a-circle-of-water/