The Alchemist’s Studio
This painting depicts a bustling and prosperous workshop showing a range of alchemical activities, from metallurgical work--such as the heating of a small crucible at lower left--to medical practices, demonstrated by the figure at far right holding up a flask of urine for examination and diagnosis. The elderly alchemist works a pair of hand bellows while his assistants tend to a pair of furnaces. A celestial globe at center is joined by the pairing of an hourglass and skull, symbols of “vanitas,” or vanity objects which remind the viewer of life’s brevity. A small dog and parrot can also be found at right, tended by a young boy.
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作品詳細
- 作品名: The Alchemist’s Studio
- 作家: gerard thomas
- 制作年: 1699
- 技法: Landscape
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: Science History Institute
- カラーパレット: Earthy
- 主要な色: Black
- キーワード: medical illustration , 17th century art , brown and red hues
- 彩度: Monochromatic


