Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
An Alchemist at Work |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
FA 2000.003.037 |
Description |
A bearded alchemist is seated at a small bench, holding up a pair of spectacles to read a manuscript. Vessels, books, straw, and apparatus are scattered on the floor. In the right background an assistant carries a bucket toward the furnace. In the left background three men are standing around a vessel. |
Artist |
van Helmont, Mattheus |
Date |
1600s |
Dimensions |
H-43 W-59 cm |
Material |
Oil Paint, Canvas |
Medium |
Painting |
Collection |
Eddleman Collection |
Search Terms |
Alchemists Alchemy in art Laboratories Painting Seventeenth century Workshops |
Provenance |
[Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, 4/6 November 1986, lot no. 1457, (as a pair with FA 2000.003.036)]. Alfred Bader, Milwaukee, WI, 4/6 November 1986-5 January, 1993 (to Eddleman). [1] Spectrum Laboratories, Rancho Dominguez, CA, acquired by Roy Eddleman (from Bader), 1993-2000. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000 (from Eddleman/Spectrum). Notes: [1] This painting appeared with FA 2000.003.036 as illustrations in a 1991 catalogue of Flourinated Products from Aldrich Chemical Company, founded by Alfred Bader. |