Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
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A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

1563

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Largitur natura parens pia tegmina brutis,/ Arboreumq́; genus gemino quoq; cortice velat:/ Solum hominem nudum in luminis abijcit auras,/ Damnat & obstrictum vinclorum nexibus arctis. P.G. 1563 ...

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