An alchemist blowing on a fire to heat a still (?). Oil painting attributed to Christian-Wilhelm-Ernst Dietrich, called Dietricy.

  • Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst, 1712-1774.
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An alchemist blowing on a fire to heat a still (?). Oil painting attributed to Christian-Wilhelm-Ernst Dietrich, called Dietricy. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An elderly man is shown seated in front of a fire, holding the long handle of an iron pipe to his mouth whilst the forked end is in the flames. There are a number of other bowls in front of him

Physical description

1 painting : oil on wood, arched top ; wood 39.4 x 30.8 cm

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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/42/24

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Wellcome Collection 45141i

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