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  Engravings, Prints

  The Dutch Chymist [Chemist]

  • Circa 1719 – 1804

  This engraving, by John Boydell, reproduces a lively scene of alchemists at work, after the painting "The Village Alchemist" by Jan Steen (early 1660s) in the Wallace Collection in London. Two men crowd around a third,…

  • After Steen, Jan, 1626-1679
  • Engraver Boydell, John, 1720-1804
  • Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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  Engravings, Prints

  L'Alchymiste en Méditation

  • The Alchemist in Meditation

  • Circa 1777 – 1864

  An alchemist in scholar's clothes sits in contemplation at his desk, bent over an open text with quill in hand. His workroom is cluttered with texts and earthenware vessels, a large globe, trunks and barrels. At right,…

  • After Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
  • Artist Gianni
  • Engraver Texier, André Louis Victor, 1777-1864
  • Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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  Engravings, Prints, Etchings

  L'Instant Critique

  • The Critical Moment

  • Circa 1723 – 1797

  This print reproduces a scene originally painted by David Teniers, in a strongly tenebrist manner, showing the alchemist in a shadowed room beneath the light of a single window. Engaged in reading, the alchemist may be…

  • After Teniers, David, 1610-1690
  • Engraver Basan, François, 1723-1797
  • Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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  Engravings, Prints

  Argenti excoctio

  • Schmelts-und Lauferung des Silbers

  • Circa 1700 – 1781

  Men feed wood into furnaces and stoke flames in this spacious laboratory, populated with large masonry furnaces for the smelting and working of metals. This scene also contains a list of alchemical elements in Latin.…

  • Engraver Lichtensteger, Georg, 1700-1781
  • Subject Metals--Hot working, Alchemy, Silverwork, Smelting
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  Prints, Etchings

  For Luck

  • After 1760 – before 1790

  This print, after a painting by Martin Schmidt, captures the moment when an alchemist lowers a live scorpion into a steaming crucible. Billowing smoke from the fire rises around him as he performs this portion of the…

  • After Schmidt, Martin Johann, 1718-1801
  • Engraver Landerer, Ferdinand, 1730 or 46-1795
  • Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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  Paintings

  The Alchemist in His Workshop

  • After 1600 – before 1800

  This lively and richly decorated chamber presents an alchemist's workshop which is busy, productive, and filled with customers and assistants. At center, the alchemist himself--dressed in a fine satin coat with slash…

  • Artist Bossche, Balthasar van den, 1681-1715
  • Subject Bossche, Balthasar van den, 1681-1715, Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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  Paintings

  The Alchemist's Studio

  • After 1600 – before 1800

  This painting depicts a bustling and prosperous workshop showing a range of alchemical activities, from metallurgical work--such as the heating of a small crucible at lower left--to medical practices, demonstrated by…

  • Artist Thomas, Gérard, 1663-1720
  • Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Thomas, Gérard, 1663-1720, Vanitas (Art)