An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by or after L.G.E. Isabey.

  • Isabey, Eugène, 1803-1886.
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[between 1840 and 1849]
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45120i
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by or after L.G.E. Isabey. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[between 1840 and 1849]

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1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 66 x 99 cm

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Wellcome Collection 45120i

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Frame label bears old attribution to George Lance (1802-1864). A painting of this composition signed "L. Isabey" (i.e. Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey) and dated "184[1 or 8?]" is in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (Le cabinet de l'alchimiste, Inv. P. 482, Legs de Mme Maracci, 1901, on canvas 66.5 x 99 cm., i.e. the same size as the present version). A copy of the central part of the composition, around the alchemist, is in the Musée national Magnin at Dijon (L'alchimiste, no. 1938 F 41, on canvas 46 x 55.5 cm.)

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