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Engraving of two alchemists in a cluttered laboratory with brick furnaces, stills and flasks, with German verse text below.

Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

An engraved laboratory scene shows a seated alchemist in a long robe at a cluttered table, working over vessels, while a second figure tends a furnace at right. Brick furnaces, tall stills and flasks fill the background beneath a German title and rhyming verse.

Artist
Christoph Weigel the Elder
Date
1698
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2602 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1698.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: El alquimista o fabricante de oro, grabado de Christoph Weigel, 1698

Una escena de laboratorio grabada muestra a un alquimista sentado, con una larga túnica, frente a una mesa abarrotada de recipientes, mientras otra figura atiende un horno a la derecha. Hornos de ladrillo, alambiques altos y frascos llenan el fondo, bajo un título en alemán y versos rimados.

Português: O alquimista ou fabricante de ouro, gravura de Christoph Weigel, 1698

Uma cena de laboratório gravada mostra um alquimista sentado, de longa túnica, diante de uma mesa cheia de recipientes, enquanto outra figura cuida de um forno à direita. Fornos de tijolo, alambiques altos e frascos preenchem o fundo, sob um título em alemão e versos rimados.

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