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A Queen in Red is Presented with Dishes of Blood

A Queen in Red is Presented with Dishes of Blood

The King and the Queen as the central motif. 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 993 by 1400 px · Wellcome Collection

Key · 1 motif

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

  1. 1The King and the Queencentral motif

The picture

A crowned queen in red stands between two men who hold out dishes to her; a wreath of flowers in the cloud above; below, a bed with figures in it and a man and a woman beside it; the King and the Queen as the central motif, 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 King and the Queen

5 works, 4 with it as the central motif. 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 993 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 Queen in Red is Presented with Dishes of Blood. Wellcome Collection catalogues it as: A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; 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 e7pg6b28. The title on this page is ours, as the line above says. Not seen in the gallery.
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Symbolica, “A Queen in Red is Presented with Dishes of Blood”, After Nicolas Flamel, attributed, date not recorded. thesymbolica.com/work/a-queen-in-red-is-presented-with-dishes-of-blood/