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Black and white engraving of an alchemist in a cluttered laboratory with flasks and stills, and a family visiting a poorhouse in a village scene at upper right.

The Alchemist's Laboratory, After Bruegel

An engraving shows an alchemist at a cluttered workbench in a laboratory crowded with flasks, alembics, and vessels, while a woman and children stand at a doorway. In the upper right, a family in a snowy village approaches a poorhouse, a scene described in the record. Inscribed Latin verses run along the lower edge.

Artist
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Date
[1558?]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2922 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1568.
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