The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
- Ibbs, Edith A.
- Date:
- 1900-1909
- Reference:
- 38739i
- Part of:
- Splendor solis
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Previous title, replaced June 2023 : The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting.
Description
With one red wing, another white, and garments black, the androgyne contains the three phases of the work in one. In its right hand it holds a circle containing a mirror reflecting nature. In its left hand it holds an egg, known as the Philosophical Egg, because it contains all the four elements at once
Publication/Creation
1900-1909
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour ; image 36.2 x 25.3 cm.
Series
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References note
For detailed information on this series, cf. J. van Lennep, L'alchimie, Brussels 1984, pp. 110-129
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38739i
Creator/production credits
Painted by Edith Annie Ibbs (1863-1937) on commission from the secretary of the Historical Medical Exhibition organized by Henry S. Wellcome (C.J.S. Thompson), ca. 1907, and subsequently exhibited in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London
Reproduction note
After: Salomon Trismosin, Splendor solis, 1582, British Library, Harley ms. 3469
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Location Status Access Closed stores