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Engravings, woodcuts and prints
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Sebastian Brandt Narrenschiff 'Ship of fools',1494. |
Hans Weiditz (fl. early 16th century) An Alchemist, c. 1520. |
Woodcut by Cornelis A. Teunissen, 1541 |
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525-1569) An Alchemist at work, mid 16th cent. |
Engraving of Jan van der Straet (1523-1605) Distillatio, late 16th cent. |
 Copperplate engraving from 1675 from a painting by F. van Mieris. |
 Engraving of goldmakers from 1698 |
Satyrical engraving from Callot Neueingerichtetes Zwergenkabinett, 1716. |
 James Gillray The Dissolution 1796. |
 19th century engraving of Goethe's Faust and Homunculus. |
English satirical print, 1800. |
19th century engraving showing Rhases in his laboratory |
Graphic signs for
substances and processes
Images of alchemical apparatus, from Greek, Arabic and European sources.
Alchemical emblematic
imagery from books and
manuscripts
Paintings on alchemical themes
Other material:
Enochian, Rosicrucian or Elemental Chess
Alchemical music [from Atalanta fugiens