A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by T. Major, c. 1755, after D. Teniers the younger.
- Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
- Date:
- 1755
- Reference:
- 36032i
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Description
A fish dangles from the ceiling, and an owl is perched on the upper window shutter
Publication/Creation
Paris : chez Sanba
Physical description
1 print : etching
Related material
Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/59/61
Lettering
Le jeune chimiste. D. Teniers pinx. Jorma sc.
Creator/production credits
The Teniers picture is known only through engravings, of which the first is made by Jacques Aliamet
Notes
Other copies of this print are also held in the Wellcome Library. A reversed version, etched and published in 1755 by Major (using his own name), is in the Wellcome Library, catalogue no. 36024i
Reference
Wellcome Collection 36032i
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