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Two Peasants Hold a Red Robe, Mercury Rests on the Water Below

Two Peasants Hold a Red Robe, Mercury Rests on the Water Below

The Angel and the Wing 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 1006 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 Angel and the Wingcentral motif

The picture

Two figures in peasant dress hold up a red robe beneath a cloud from which a winged head looks down; below them a naked figure lies on the bank and another rests in the water; the Angel and the Wing 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 Angel and the Wing

16 works, 5 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 1006 by 1400 pixel web copy made from the source file; nothing retouched, nothing upscaled.
Series
The Hieroglyphic Figures attributed to Nicolas Flamel
Titled here
Two Peasants Hold a Red Robe, Mercury Rests on the Water Below. Wellcome Collection catalogues it as: Two peasants hold a red robe; cherubs blow wind and Mercury rests on water below; 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 sdy7dqcv. The title on this page is ours, as the line above says. Not seen in the gallery.
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Symbolica, “Two Peasants Hold a Red Robe, Mercury Rests on the Water Below”, After Nicolas Flamel, attributed, date not recorded. thesymbolica.com/work/two-peasants-hold-a-red-robe-mercury-rests-on-the-water-below/