Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Alchemist in his laboratory].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists H-Le GA 2012.00254
Identifier
ark:/88435/dccr56nd349
Publisher
Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1700s]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1700
Extent
1 item ; sheet 42.5 x 28 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of William H. Helfand. Given 2008.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Interior genre scene. An alchemist seen in his laboratory.
Provenance: Formerly part of the Pierre Julien collection.
Inscribed in plate, lower magin: "Tire du cabine de M. le Brun, d'apres orginal de Thomas Wyck, de la grandeur de 24 pouces sur 22 de lower righte. A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins, au coin de celle de Sorbonne".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Thomas Wyck pinxit".
Signed in plate, lower right: "L. Le Grand sculp.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Alchemists—Netherlands—17th century—In art
Wyck, Thomas, ca. 1616-1677. Alchemist in his laboratory..
Scientists—Netherlands—17th century—In art
Laboratories—Netherlands—In art
Genre painting

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c87578ad-150d-47ba-8060-16ead9c39ee2/manifest