
Alchemist: engraved print of a laboratory scene with Dutch verse
An engraved print shows an elderly woman seated in a wooden chair, holding a small object, with a man leaning over her shoulder beside a table crowded with flasks, jars and a round vessel. At right, a figure tends a hearth beneath a tall chimney, and verse captions with the headings ONMOGELIJCK and IMPOSSIBLE appear below.
- Artist
- Abraham Jacobsz. (mentioned on object)
- Date
- 1639-1641
- Medium
- Source
- Rijksmuseum
- Size
- 3472 × 4000 px
Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1641.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam





