Atalanta Fugiens - Emblem 2d

A personification of Earth stands in a landscape, her torso replaced by a large globe where she nurses a small child. In the foreground, two mythological scenes of nursing occur: a goat suckles an infant (representing Jupiter) on the left, and a she-wolf suckles twins (Romulus and Remus) on the right. These vignettes emphasize the theme of terrestrial nourishment and the physical grounding of divine or heroic figures.

This image is Emblem 2 from Michael Maier's 'Atalanta Fugiens' (despite the provided title), illustrating the Emerald Tablet's line: 'The Earth is its nurse.' It represents the stage of the Great Work where the alchemical 'child' or Philosophical Stone must be nourished and fixed by the element of Earth to achieve stability.