Concept
Four elements (Philosophy)
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A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603Reference: 45101i- Pictures
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The four qualities, elements, humours and temperaments. Drawing, 19--.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 566786i- Pictures
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Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of the four elements. Engraving, 1750.
Date: [1750]Reference: 46592i- Pictures
Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
Date: 1616Reference: 35413i- Pictures
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A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 37833i