Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Alchemist with Monkey |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
FA 2000.001.272 |
Description |
The labors of an elderly alchemist are closely watched by a monkey which perches on the window above. The alchemist busies himself investigating samples wrapped in paper or notes in a cluttered workshop. The floor at his feet is filled with discarded vessels, broken earthenware, and lumps of charcoal. A dog rests on the ground beside a portable furnace topped with a still-head. Rows of glass vessels and flasks hang on the far wall, and in the background three assistants work with a distillation apparatus, grind materials in a mortar, and examine a specimen in a flask. A woman peers around the half-open door to watch their work. |
Artist |
Anonymous |
Artist 2 |
Manner of David Teniers II |
Date |
1600s-1700s |
Dimensions |
H-23.5 W-29.75 inches |
Material |
Oil Paint, Canvas, Board |
Medium |
Painting |
Collection |
Fisher Collection |
Search Terms |
Painting Alchemy Alchemists Laboratories Eighteenth century Seventeenth century Teniers, David, 1610-1690 |
Provenance |
Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA Conversation w/ Fisher Curator J. Pavlik to M. Gapp 10-11-2000: Purchased by Pavlik at Zolar Galleries, Zurich, early 1980s. |