Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Alchemist with Red Beard |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
FA 2000.001.253 |
Description |
In one corner of a large stone room, a red-bearded alchemist sits at work before a crucible. He tends a fire held in a small brazier with a pair of hand-bellows, while turning to look sideways at other large earthenware vessels beside him. Glass distillation vessels, tools and tongs sit arrangeed on the furnace. |
Artist |
17th century Flemish School |
Artist 2 |
Brekelenkam, Quirijn van, previously attributed to |
Date |
1600s |
Dimensions |
H-13 W-10.5 inches |
Material |
Oil Paint, Panel |
Medium |
Painting |
Collection |
Fisher Collection |
Search Terms |
Alchemy Painting Flemish School Alchemists Laboratories Seventeenth century Brekelenkam, Quirijn van |
Provenance |
Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, acquired by Chester Fisher, prior to 1965[1]; Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000 (from Fisher Scientific International). [1] Chester Fisher died in 1965. |