Alchemist Stoking a Furnace, with Onlookers and a Banquet

An etching titled Alchemia shows a bearded alchemist in a hat bending over a furnace where a crucible sits in flames, while well-dressed men in doublets and cloaks watch. In the background, figures dine at a long table in a hall.

Artist

Christoph Murer

Date

1622

Medium

Emblem pictures Allegorical prints Etchings

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

4000 × 3492 px

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