10-23-2025, 12:54 PM
The Alchemical Laboratory in the Mirror of 16th and 17th Century Fine Art
by Ivo Purs
"During the first half of the 17th century, the depiction of the alchemist in the laboratory became one of the common themes in Dutch and Flemish genre painting. These depictions took different forms: some were satirical, while others showed the alchemist with some seriousness and were frequently surrounded by a melancholic atmosphere."
https://www.academia.edu/124739784/The_A...y_Fine_Art
by Ivo Purs
"During the first half of the 17th century, the depiction of the alchemist in the laboratory became one of the common themes in Dutch and Flemish genre painting. These depictions took different forms: some were satirical, while others showed the alchemist with some seriousness and were frequently surrounded by a melancholic atmosphere."
https://www.academia.edu/124739784/The_A...y_Fine_Art