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Hand-coloured lithograph of a bearded alchemist over a copper pot and flask, with two onlookers reading a paper and a distressed woman at left.

An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, 1830, after J. Steen.

A bearded alchemist in an orange cap and red-sleeved robe leans over a table, tending a copper pot and a glass flask amid laboratory clutter. Two onlookers in tall and wide-brimmed hats peer at a paper, while a distressed woman raises her hands to her head at left in this hand-coloured lithograph.

Artist
Jan Steen
Date
January 1830
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2880 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1830.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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

Español: Los alquimistas holandeses: alquimista en su trabajo

Un alquimista barbudo con gorro naranja y bata de mangas rojas se inclina sobre una mesa, atendiendo una olla de cobre y un frasco de vidrio entre objetos de laboratorio. Dos espectadores con sombreros altos y de ala ancha miran un papel, mientras una mujer angustiada se lleva las manos a la cabeza a la izquierda en esta litografía coloreada a mano.

Português: Os alquimistas holandeses: alquimista em seu trabalho

Um alquimista barbudo, de gorro laranja e roupão de mangas vermelhas, debruça-se sobre uma mesa, cuidando de um pote de cobre e de um frasco de vidro entre objetos de laboratório. Dois observadores de chapéus altos e de abas largas leem um papel, enquanto uma mulher aflita leva as mãos à cabeça à esquerda nesta litografia colorida à mão.

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