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Dim stone interior with a large chimney hood, glass flasks by a leaded window, and a seated figure in shadow beside a spoked wheel on a tiled floor.

An alchemist. Oil painting by Eugène Lomont, 1890.

A dimly lit stone interior with a large chimney hood, where glass flasks and vessels sit on a ledge beside a leaded window. In the shadowed right foreground, a seated figure, a wooden chair and a spoked wheel stand among scattered papers on a tiled floor.

Artist
Lomont, Eugène, 1864-1938.
Date
1890
Medium
Oil paintings Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3358 px
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Español: Un alquimista, pintura al óleo de Eugène Lomont, 1890

Un interior de piedra con poca luz, con una gran campana de chimenea, donde frascos y recipientes de vidrio descansan sobre una repisa junto a una ventana emplomada. En el primer plano derecho, en sombra, una figura sentada, una silla de madera y una rueda de radios se encuentran entre papeles dispersos sobre un suelo de baldosas.

Português: Um alquimista, pintura a óleo de Eugène Lomont, 1890

Um interior de pedra com pouca luz, com uma grande coifa de chaminé, onde frascos e recipientes de vidro repousam sobre uma prateleira ao lado de uma janela de chumbo. No primeiro plano à direita, em sombra, uma figura sentada, uma cadeira de madeira e uma roda de raios estão entre papéis espalhados sobre um piso de azulejos.

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