A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
- Ibbs, Edith A.
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- 39761i
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- Splendor solis
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Credit: A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Previous title, replaced June 2023 : A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting.
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1 painting : watercolour ; image 35.2 x 27.9 cm.
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References note
J. van Lennep, L'alchimie, Brussels 1984, pp. 110-129
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Wellcome Collection 39761i
Creator/production credits
Painted by Edith Annie Ibbs (1863-1937) on commission from the secretary of the Historical Medical Exhibition organized by Henry S. Wellcome (C.J.S. Thompson), ca. 1907, and subsequently exhibited in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London
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After: Salomon Trismosin, Splendor solis, 1582, British Library, Harley ms. 3469
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