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DiaporamaThe Alchemist’s Studio
This painting depicts a bustling and prosperous workshop showing a range of alchemical activities, from metallurgical work--such as the heating of a small crucible at lower left--to medical practices, demonstrated by the figure at far right holding up a flask of urine for examination and diagnosis. The elderly alchemist works a pair of hand bellows while his assistants tend to a pair of furnaces. A celestial globe at center is joined by the pairing of an hourglass and skull, symbols of “vanitas,” or vanity objects which remind the viewer of life’s brevity. A small dog and parrot can also be found at right, tended by a young boy.
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À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: The Alchemist’s Studio
- Artiste: Gerard Thomas
- Année: 1699
- Format: Landscape
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Sous droit d'auteur
- Lieu d'exposition: Institut d’histoire de la science
- Palette de couleurs: Earthy
- Couleur dominante: Black
- Mots-clés: medical illustration , 17th century art , brown and red hues
- Saturation des couleurs: Monochromatic
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