The Chemist: young man at bellows beside a furnace, engraving after Frans van Mieris

An engraved plate shows a dim interior where a young man in a cap and jacket works a bellows beside a furnace, while an older man in spectacles and a cap watches from a table of papers and objects. A printed caption and decorative border frame the scene. Fine line work builds the room's shadows, a window, and hanging tools.

Artist

Frans van Mieris the Elder

Date

[between 1786 and 1808]

Medium

Intaglio prints

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

2746 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection