Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
The Medical Alchemist |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
FA 2000.001.275 |
Description |
A physician wearing the traditional physician's cap conducts a urinoscopy on the flask he holds. A woman is seated beside him, waiting for the results. In the foreground the alchemist's assistant is tending to a furnace with a distillation in progress. On the floor is a mortar and pestle, books, glassware, and a manuscript with alchemical symbols. The room is lit by a large open window and draped with a dramatic curtain at right. |
Artist |
Janneck, Franz Christoph |
Date |
18th century |
Dimensions |
H-12.937 W-9.312 inches |
Material |
Oil Paint, Copper |
Medium |
Painting |
Collection |
Fisher Collection |
Search Terms |
Alchemists Alchemy Distillation apparatus Apothecaries Assistants Books Brazier Carpet Eighteenth century Flasks Furnace Hourglass Iatrochemistry Medicine Mortars Painting Pestles Physicians Retort Urinalysis Urine Urinoscopy Vial Women Patients Young Men |
Provenance |
Marie Therese Trinidad Brocheton, Comtesse de La Beraudiere (1872-1958) [1]; (sale, Collection of the Countess de la Beraudière, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Jay Gould Mansion, New York, 1930, lot 20 (with "Le Notaire", not illustrated). William Fox, acquired 1930; by descent to his widow, Mrs. William Fox. (Sale, Kende Galleries, New York, 1-2 December 1942, lot 58 [with "Le Notairem," $320.00]). Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA; Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH (acquired by Chester G. Fisher), circa 1942-2000. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2000 (from Fisher Scientific). Notes: [1] Marie Therese Trinidad Brocheton, Comtesse de La Beraudiere (1872-1958) was a French salonniere and literary figure. Madame de La Beraudiere was a friend of the famous novelist, Marcel Proust, and she was the mistress of the wealthy Henri Charles, Comte de Greffuhle (1845-1932). Madame de La Beraudiere was the model for Proust's character Odette, the mistress of the Duc de Guermantes in his series of novels A La Recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). |