Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
The Alchemist |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
FA 2000.001.283 |
Description |
A bearded man wearing a white cap works the bellows on a small furnace in a large, spacious laboratory. Books, jars, glassware, and a distillation apparatus are scattered throughout the room, as well as a taxidermied reptile specimen hanging from above. A small dog is curled on a pillow at right, while in the background, three assistants examine the contents of a flask. |
Artist |
Thomas, Gerard |
Date |
1600s-1700s |
Dimensions |
H-20 W-26.5 inches |
Material |
Oil Paint, Canvas |
Medium |
Painting |
Collection |
Fisher Collection |
Search Terms |
Alchemy Painting Laboratories Alchemists Workshops Seventeenth century Eighteenth century Thomas, Gerard |
Provenance |
Fisher Scientific International Inc., Hampton, NH Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA |