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Engraved satirical print: a crowded alchemist's laboratory with flasks, bellows and demons above, and columns of Dutch text below.

Spotprenten op Jacobus II en Lodewijk XIV en de gebeurtenissen in de jaren 1688-1689

An engraved satirical print shows a crowded laboratory in the upper panel, with a robed figure at a table surrounded by flasks, bellows, and books, and horned demons and clouds above. Below, a large block of Dutch title type and columns of verse fill the lower sheet, with the caption naming Father Peters as a horned doctor.

Artist
attributed to Paul van Somer (II)
Date
1689
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2968 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1689.
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: Grabado satírico del laboratorio del padre Peters, 1689

Un grabado satírico muestra en el panel superior un laboratorio abarrotado, con una figura con túnica sentada ante una mesa rodeada de frascos, fuelles y libros, y demonios con cuernos y nubes arriba. Abajo, un gran bloque de texto tipográfico neerlandés y columnas de versos ocupan la hoja inferior, y la leyenda llama al padre Peters un doctor con cuernos.

Português: Gravura satírica do laboratório do padre Peters, 1689

Uma gravura satírica mostra no painel superior um laboratório lotado, com uma figura de manto diante de uma mesa cercada de frascos, foles e livros, além de demônios com chifres e nuvens acima. Embaixo, um grande bloco de texto tipográfico holandês e colunas de versos ocupam a folha inferior, e a legenda nomeia o padre Peters como um doutor com chifres.

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