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Alchemical Laboratories in Art Paintings Click on thumbnail image to see full-size version. 16th Century: Jan van der Straet (1523-1605) Distillatio, late 16th cent. Pieter Breughel (1525-1569) The Alchemist, 1558. 17th Century: Adrian van Ostade (1610-85) The Alchemists, 1657. David Teniers (1610-1690) The Alchemist, c.1645 David Teniers (1610-1690) The Alchemist, 1680 David Teniers (1610-1690) Alchemist (1651-6) David Ryckaert (1612-1661) The alchemist Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1631-64) The alchemist, 1663. Jan Steen (1626-1679) The Last Coin Jan Steen (1626-1679) The Village Alchemist Heindrick Heerschop (1627-?) The Alchemist's Experiment takes Fire 17th cent. Thomas Wijck (1616-1677) The Alchemist in his laboratory 18th Century: Pietro Longhi The Alchymist, 1761. Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97) The Alchymist in Search of the Philosophers' Stone discovers Phosphorus J. Zoffany David Garrick as Abel Drugger in Jonson's The Alchemy, c.1770. J.J. Rink, based on a painting of David Teniers The 'Laboratory, 1793. Johann Winkler painting of 1747 19th Century: Sir William Fettes Douglas The Alchemist 19th cent. David Scott Paracelsus Lecturing on the Elixir Vitae, 19th cent. Jan Matejko (1838-1893) Alchemist Michal Sedziwój (Sendivogius) Modern painting Persian alchemists, 1893. Charles Meer Webb (1830-95) The search for the alchemical formula, 1858. 19th Century painting 19th Century painting Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885 Der Alchemist

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