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An alchemist reading in a romanticised laboratory setting. Watercolour painting, 19th century.
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An alchemist peacefully writing in a room strewn with papers. Engraving by V.A.L. Texier after F. Giani after T. Wyck.
Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677.Reference: 36093i- Pictures
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Putti study the plants in a botanical garden; representing botany. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1729Reference: 25662i- Pictures
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Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 25992i- Pictures
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A woman on a throne in a classroom; representing grammar. Etching by C. Schut.
Schut, Cornelis, 1597-1655.Reference: 25793iPart of: Septem artes liberales- Pictures
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Figures representing the investigation of nature; in the background, Pliny the elder being killed while investigating Vesuvius during its eruption. Engraving by J. Wangner after G. Eichler the younger, ca. 1759.
Eichler, Gottfried, 1715-1770.Date: [between 1758 and 1760?]Reference: 92i- Pictures
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An alchemist concentrates on a book in his study, while Death next to him tells him "My dear Herr Collaborator, you are are too hardworking". Gouache painting.
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An alchemist copying a text, surrounded by apparatus, attended by his dog. Wood engraving.
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Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 25978i- Pictures
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A group of figures from antiquity are led into a garden by a woman with a telescope and a hand mirror. Etching.
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A physiognomist whose body is entirely made up of faces, sitting at a table diagnosing people's physiognomic characteristics with the help of a book. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after G. Spratt, 1831.
Spratt, G., active 1830-31.Date: 1831Reference: 35150i- Pictures
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Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
Fetti, Domenico, approximately 1589-1623.Reference: 20080i- Pictures
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An omniscient virtuoso gestures boastfully at all the knowledge that lies available to him. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
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King Louis XIV is crowned with a garland while the 'Dictionaire de l'academie françoise' is celebrated with flowers by three women aided by genii. Engraving by J. Mariette and G. Edelinck, 1694, after J.B. Corneille.
Corneille, Jean-Baptiste, 1649-1695.Date: 1694Reference: 26172i- Pictures
The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813.Date: 10 August 1769Reference: 26236i- Pictures
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A scholar's study. Etching by C.W. Sherborn, 1890.
Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912.Date: 1890Reference: 652658i- Pictures
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Christ among the doctors. Engraving by A. de Bruyn, c. 1580, after S. Crispi.
Crispi, Scipione, active 1592-1599.Reference: 22428i- Pictures
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Roger Bacon conducting an alchemical experiment in a vaulted cloister. Etching by J. Nasmyth, 1845.
Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890.Date: 1845Reference: 37839i- Pictures
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Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Date: 1594Reference: 26106iPart of: Schema seu speculum principium- Pictures
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A woman representing truth sits in a chemical laboratory and points at the source of a ray of light, representing philosophy. Engraving by Crabb, 1817, after G.M. Brighty.
Brighty, G. M.Date: 30 July 1817Reference: 26216i- Pictures
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A schoolroom; illustrating Biblical proverbs on the necessity of the discipline of children. Engraving by H. Goltzius.
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A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 20093i- Pictures
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A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718.Date: 1690Reference: 17931i- Pictures
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Christ among the doctors. Etching by A. Scacciati, 1766, after G.B. Moroni, c. 1570.
Moroni, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1523-1578.Date: [1766]Reference: 22430i- Pictures
A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 35974i