Basil Valentine visited by a woman crowning him in an alchemical study

An engraved print shows a kneeling monk in a robe before a glass alembic on a furnace, while a veiled woman reaches toward him from the right. Shelves of books, a celestial globe and a flowering tree fill the background arcade.

Artist

Sabine Stuart de Chevalier

Date

1781

Medium

Allegorical prints Etchings

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

2385 × 4000 px

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