10-26-2023, 09:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2023, 12:49 PM by Paul Ferguson.)
Two paintings on the same theme: a lady visiting an alchemist in his laboratory.
Jan Josef Horemans the Elder (1682–1759) was a Flemish painter of the 18th-century. He was mainly known for his genre scenes but he also painted portraits and historical allegories.
If the lady in the first painting is indeed a pregnant nun, I wonder if this is a satire on the Catholic regular clergy as well as on alchemists and their 'potions'?
Jan Josef Horemans the Elder (1682–1759) was a Flemish painter of the 18th-century. He was mainly known for his genre scenes but he also painted portraits and historical allegories.
If the lady in the first painting is indeed a pregnant nun, I wonder if this is a satire on the Catholic regular clergy as well as on alchemists and their 'potions'?