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