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  • An alchemist reading a book; his assistants stirring the crucible on the other side of the room. Engraving by P.F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist reading a book; his assistants stirring the crucible on the other side of the room. Engraving by P.F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A man reading a grimoire, grinning; next to him a hooded man, kneeling on the floor, is holding a torch: they are conjuring up demons. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger, 1750/1790.
  • A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A scholar pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Etching by F. Basan after P.F. Mola.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • Three men indoors round an inn table with drink, tobacco pipes and cards. Engraving by F. Basan after A. van Ostade.
  • Three men round a barrel drinking, smoking and conversing. Engraving by F. Basan, mid 18th century, after I. van Ostade.
  • A young woman tending to a cut on her finger from which drops of blood fall. Line engraving by F. Basan, 17--, after N. Berchem (?).
  • A Dutch physician taking the pulse of a female patient, a urine flask in a wicker basket is on a table beside them. Engraving by P. Basan, 16--, after G. Ter Borch, the younger.
  • A man sits at a table with playing cards and drink in hand, his wife threatens him as his playing partner makes his departure. Engraving by F. Basan after Dumesnil, junior.
  • A Dutch physician taking the pulse of a female patient, a urine flask in a wicker basket is on a table beside them. Engraving by P. Basan, 16--, after G. Ter Borch, the younger.
  • A surgeon removing moles from a grimacing patient's head. Engraving after D. Teniers.
  • Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play dice. Engraving by P.F. Basan after M. Österreich after Valentin de Boulogne.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Two men indoors under a thatched roof, smoking and drinking; representing pastimes in winter. Etching by F. Basan after A. van Ostade.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The entrails of a horse (?), showing the bladder. Engraving by F. Basan, 1753, after J. de Seve.