A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by T. Major, c. 1755, after D. Teniers the younger.

  • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
Date:
1755
Reference:
36032i
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Description

A fish dangles from the ceiling, and an owl is perched on the upper window shutter

Publication/Creation

Paris : chez Sanba

Physical description

1 print : etching

Lettering

Le jeune chimiste. D. Teniers pinx. Jorma sc.

Notes

Other copies of this print are also held in the Wellcome Library. A reversed version, etched and published in 1755 by Major (using his own name), is in the Wellcome Library, catalogue no. 36024i

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36032i

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The Teniers picture is known only through engravings, of which the first is made by Jacques Aliamet

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