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Der Alchimist

  • The Alchemist

  • After 1860

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In this fanciful scene of an alchemist's workroom, a bespectacled alchemist leans over to examine the contents of a bubble-like glass receiver. At left, an enormous alembic sits distilling over a furnace, extending a long glass tube for the receipt of its vapors. The humble, plain room and the alchemist's coarse, ill-fitting robe provide an atmosphere of hermetic simplicity.

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  • 8 in. H x 10.25 in. W
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Spitzweg, Karl. “Der Alchimist,” n.d. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/kk91fm15d.

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