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Black-and-white engraved alchemy diagram with an eagle, lion, cube, two circular symbol diagrams, and a laboratory scene with figures and furnaces.

Alchemical diagram of the art of alchemy, engraving by Raphael Custos, 1616

Engraved alchemical diagram in three tiers: a two-headed eagle, a lion and a cube with dice-like faces above, two circular diagrams with inscriptions in the middle, and a laboratory with figures, vessels and a furnace below. Dense black-and-white linework, with the signature 'Raphael Custos fecit' at lower left.

Artist
Custos, Raphael, 1590-1651.
Date
1616
Medium
Diagrams Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3132 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1616.
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