The Rebis from the Rosarium Philosophorum

The image features a male and female figure, both nude and wearing crowns, locked in a tight, full-body embrace while suspended in flight. Their bodies are partially overlapped and both possess large, feathered wings that extend horizontally across the frame. They appear to be drifting over a landscape depicted with stylized, wavy lines representing water and rounded forms for hills. The original print is hand-colored with yellow for wings and hair, pale skin tones, and blue for the water.

This image is a reproduction of a plate from the 'Rosarium philosophorum' (1550), a foundational alchemical text illustrating the 'hieros gamos' or sacred marriage. It symbolizes the chemical conjunction of opposites—Sun and Moon, King and Queen—to create the Rebis, the divine hermaphrodite of alchemy.