An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, 1830, after J. Steen.
- Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.
- Date:
- January 1830
- Reference:
- 35485i
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, 1830, after J. Steen. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.
