Gold

Images from the collections

Images about Gold

33 images from works
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • An alchemist making gold. Oil painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1665.
  • Jesus calls Matthew away from his vocation as a tax collector. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after S. Wiedenbauer after G.A. Pordenone.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
  • An alchemist making gold. Oil painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1665.
  • A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.
  • A noblewoman and two noblemen examining some gold produced by an alchemist. Engraving by G. Greatbach after A.H. Tourrier.
  • A nugget of gold from Australia presented to Queen Victoria. Wood engraving, 1853.

Works from the collections