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Engraved card-style print of a robed alchemist beside a brick furnace and bellows, with shelves of jars and a decorative cartouche border.

Die Welt im Kartenspiel

An engraved card-style print with a cartouche border and the numeral IV at top shows a robed alchemist standing before a brick furnace, with bellows and billowing smoke above. Shelves behind hold labeled jars, and a printed caption reads Die Luftgebäude, La Chimère.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1750-1770
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1984 × 3244 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1770.
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 mundo en el juego de cartas: alquimista junto a un horno

Una estampa grabada con aspecto de carta de juego, con marco de cartucho y el numeral IV arriba, muestra a un alquimista con túnica de pie ante un horno de ladrillo, con fuelles y humo ascendente. Detrás hay estantes con frascos rotulados, y un pie impreso dice Die Luftgebäude, La Chimère.

Português: O mundo no jogo de cartas: alquimista junto a um forno

Uma gravura com aspecto de carta de baralho, com moldura de cartucho e o numeral IV no alto, mostra um alquimista de túnica em pé diante de um forno de tijolos, com foles e fumaça ascendente. Atrás há prateleiras com frascos rotulados, e uma legenda impressa diz Die Luftgebäude, La Chimère.

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