Young Man Blowing a Fire While an Alchemist Watches

A standing young man in a cap bends forward and blows toward a fire in a stone-walled room with a low beamed ceiling. An older man in spectacles and a cap watches seated at a table holding a small vessel, beside a tiled stove and an open book.

Artist

Frans van Mieris the Elder

Date

[between 1786 and 1808]

Medium

Intaglio prints

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

2872 × 4000 px

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