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Engraving of an elderly woman seated in a chair beside a man, with flasks and jars on a table and a figure tending a hearth at right.

Alchemist

An engraved print shows an elderly woman seated in a wooden chair, holding a small object, with a man leaning over her shoulder beside a table crowded with flasks, jars and a round vessel. At right, a figure tends a hearth beneath a tall chimney, and verse captions with the headings ONMOGELIJCK and IMPOSSIBLE appear below.

Artist
Abraham Jacobsz. (mentioned on object)
Date
1639-1641
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3472 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1641.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Alquimista: grabado de un laboratorio con versos en neerlandés

Un grabado muestra a una mujer anciana sentada en una silla de madera, sosteniendo un pequeño objeto, con un hombre inclinado sobre su hombro junto a una mesa llena de frascos, jarras y una vasija redonda. A la derecha, una figura atiende un hogar bajo una gran chimenea, y debajo aparecen versos con los encabezados ONMOGELIJCK e IMPOSSIBLE.

Português: Alquimista: gravura de um laboratório com versos em holandês

Uma gravura mostra uma mulher idosa sentada em uma cadeira de madeira, segurando um pequeno objeto, com um homem inclinado sobre seu ombro ao lado de uma mesa cheia de frascos, jarros e um recipiente redondo. À direita, uma figura cuida de uma lareira sob uma grande chaminé, e abaixo aparecem versos com os títulos ONMOGELIJCK e IMPOSSIBLE.

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