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2 itemsThe Flower of Wisdom
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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3 itemsThree Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
These three alchemical miniatures are believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and their relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen…
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2 itemsAllegory of Purification
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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The Seven Forms of Transmutation
- Part of Three Alchemical Miniatures
- Part of Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity]
- Circa 1450 – 1475
This alchemical miniature is believed to be from Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit [The Book of the Holy Trinity], based on the iconography depicted and its relation to the text. Das Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit…
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Fire
- Circa 1900
Allegorical illustration of a woman representing the element of fire. Rising up from a pile of wood, she is wrapped in flames and smoke.
This illustration comes from the chemical catalog for the Grasselli Chemical…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Art nouveau, Symbolism in art
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Knowledge
- Circa 1900
An allegorical illustration of a man reading a book representing organized knowledge. Second part of a two-page spread read together as The Grasselli Chemical Co, chemical science is organized knowledge.
This…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Art nouveau, Symbolism in art
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Ether
- Circa 1900
An allegorical illustration of an old woman holding a globe and surrounded by planets, she represents the fifth element of ether or aether. Ether was the element thought to fill the atmosphere in the celestial realm,…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Art nouveau, Symbolism in art
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Chemical Science is Organized Knowledge
- Circa 1900
An allegorical illustration across a two-page spread depicting a man holding chemical glassware representing chemical science on one side with a man reading a book representing organized knowledge on the other side.…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Symbolism in art, Art nouveau
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Water
- Circa 1900
Allegorical illustration of a woman resting on rocks jutting out of water representing the element of water.
This illustration comes from the chemical catalog for the Grasselli Chemical Company in Cleveland, Ohio. It…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Art nouveau, Symbolism in art
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Earth
- Circa 1900
Allegorical illustration of a women representing the earth element. The woman is sitting on a globe in a galaxy.
This illustration comes from the chemical catalog for the Grasselli Chemical Company in Cleveland, Ohio.…
- Author Grasselli Chemical Company
- Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
- Artist Crittenden, C. H.
- Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Art nouveau, Illustrated works, Symbolism in art