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Black-and-white engraving of a cluttered alchemist's laboratory with copper stills and flasks, a family in the room, and a snowy village seen through a window at right.

An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.

A black-and-white engraving shows a cluttered alchemist's laboratory filled with copper alembics, flasks, and bellows, where a seated man bends over a table of glass vessels. A woman and children cross the room, and through a window at right, figures stand in a snowy village near a poorhouse.

Artist
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Date
[1558?]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2909 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1568.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: Un alquimista en su laboratorio con su familia, según Brueghel

Un grabado en blanco y negro muestra un laboratorio de alquimista abarrotado de alambiques de cobre, frascos y fuelles, donde un hombre sentado se inclina sobre una mesa de vasijas de vidrio. Una mujer y niños cruzan la sala, y por una ventana a la derecha, unas figuras aparecen en un pueblo nevado junto a una casa de pobres.

Português: Um alquimista em seu laboratório com a família, após Bruegel

Uma gravura em preto e branco mostra um laboratório de alquimista cheio de alambiques de cobre, frascos e foles, onde um homem sentado se debruça sobre uma mesa de vasilhas de vidro. Uma mulher e crianças atravessam o cômodo, e por uma janela à direita, figuras aparecem em uma aldeia coberta de neve perto de um asilo.

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