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Oil painting of bearded ancient figures with a serpent staff beside putti sorting remedies, and workers at furnaces in a vaulted pharmacy hall.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.

A bearded robed figure holding a staff with a serpent stands before a column beside a laurel-crowned man, while putti in the foreground sort and grind plants and minerals on a table. In the background, workers tend furnaces and a mortar within a vaulted pharmacy hall.

Artist
Prey, Johannes Zacharias Simon, 1749-1822.
Date
17 7/16 91 [i.e. 16 July 1791]
Medium
Allegorical paintings Oil paintings Self-portraits Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2990 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1791.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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

Español: Esculapio y antiguos médicos con materia médica en una farmacia

Una figura barbuda con túnica sostiene un bastón con una serpiente frente a una columna, junto a un hombre coronado de laurel, mientras putti en primer plano clasifican plantas y minerales sobre una mesa. Al fondo, trabajadores atienden hornos y un mortero en una sala abovedada.

Português: Esculápio e antigos médicos com matéria médica em uma farmácia

Uma figura barbuda e de manto segura um cajado com uma serpente diante de uma coluna, ao lado de um homem coroado de louro, enquanto putti em primeiro plano separam plantas e minerais sobre uma mesa. Ao fundo, trabalhadores cuidam de fornalhas e de um almofariz em um salão abobadado.

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