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Colored engraving of a small caricatured alchemist with spectacles and black hat, leaning on a cane by a brick furnace with smoke rising, with text below.

De dwerg Blasius Rauchmantl als alchemist, ca. 1710

A colored engraving shows a small, stout caricatured man in a black hat, round spectacles, and a purple coat, leaning on a cane beside a brick furnace where smoke rises from a crucible. Below the plate, lines of German and Latin black-letter text fill the margin, and a faint page number sits in the upper right of the sheet.

Artist
attributed to Martin Engelbrecht
Date
1705-1715
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2883 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1715.
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: El enano Blasius Rauchmantl como alquimista, c. 1710

Un grabado coloreado muestra a un hombre pequeño y robusto, caricaturizado, con sombrero negro, anteojos redondos y abrigo morado, apoyado en un bastón junto a un horno de ladrillo del que sale humo desde un crisol. Debajo de la lámina, líneas de texto en alemán y latín con letra gótica llenan el margen, y un número de página tenue aparece en la esquina superior derecha de la hoja.

Português: O anão Blasius Rauchmantl como alquimista, c. 1710

Uma gravura colorida mostra um homem pequeno e robusto, caricaturado, com chapéu preto, óculos redondos e casaco roxo, apoiado em uma bengala ao lado de um forno de tijolos de onde sobe fumaça de um cadinho. Abaixo da estampa, linhas de texto em alemão e latim, em letra gótica, preenchem a margem, e um número de página discreto aparece no canto superior direito da folha.

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