M0012421 / M0012422: The Alchemist in his laboratory

Previous title, replaced March 2022: The Alchemist

Previous title, replaced March 2022: The Alchemist in his laboratory.

Photograph of two paintings depicting an Alchemist's laboratory, one by Adriaen van Ostade and the other by Thomas Wijck. These reproductions were taken from the Berolzheimer Series of Alchemical and Historical Reproductions, No.22 and No.39. The original painting by van Ostade is held by the Dresden Gemaldegalerie.

March 1952

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.