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Black and white etching of an old alchemist seated at a stone furnace in a cluttered laboratory, with flasks, shelves, and a second figure at right.

An alchemist using bellows at a furnace in his laboratory. Etching by T. Major, 1750, after D. Teniers the younger.

An elderly bearded man in a black cap sits at a stone furnace, working a bellows or vessel beside a hearth, while a second figure tends a table at right. Shelves, flasks, pots, hanging herbs and an open book fill the cluttered room. The black-and-white etching shows fine crosshatched shading and a lettered title cartouche below.

Artist
David Teniers the Younger
Date
7 May 1750 :
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2846 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1750.
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

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