Natural, physical, or material world and its phenomena

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

Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

A free enquiry into the vulgarly receivʼd notion of nature; made in an essay, addressʼd to a friend / By R.B., fellow of the Royal society.

Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.

A palatial building representing the Academia Caesareo-Leopoldina Naturae Curiosorum, surmounted by a coat of arms; two seated figures in the foreground. Engraving by J.G. Pintz, 17--.

In a rural garden, two boys draw the figure of Nature represented as a woman with six breasts feeding two infants; around, examples of nature and education. Engraving by E.J.N. de Ghendt after C.P. Marillier, ca. 1788/1793.

A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.

A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.

Place of natural outstanding beauty with a rock bearing an inscription in Arlesheim, Switzerland. Aquatint by W.F. Gmelin, 1786.

Cat on a horse.

The moorlands of England and Wales : an environmental history 8000 BC to AD 2000 / I.G. Simmons.

Den. 3

Novalis im medizinhistorischen Kontext / Dietrich von Engelhardt.

Ciencia y filosofía de la naturaleza en Alemania alrededor de 1800 : principios, dimensiones y perspectivas / Dietrich von Engelhardt.

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Cat on a horse.

The moorlands of England and Wales : an environmental history 8000 BC to AD 2000 / I.G. Simmons.

Den. 3

Novalis im medizinhistorischen Kontext / Dietrich von Engelhardt.

Ciencia y filosofía de la naturaleza en Alemania alrededor de 1800 : principios, dimensiones y perspectivas / Dietrich von Engelhardt.

Nature

Images from the collections

Images about Nature

Works from the collections

Cat on a horse.

The moorlands of England and Wales : an environmental history 8000 BC to AD 2000 / I.G. Simmons.

Den. 3

Novalis im medizinhistorischen Kontext / Dietrich von Engelhardt.

Ciencia y filosofía de la naturaleza en Alemania alrededor de 1800 : principios, dimensiones y perspectivas / Dietrich von Engelhardt.

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