An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by or after David Ryckaert III.

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<p>The figure of the alchemist shown in thought, his head cast down, his left hand holding an instrument and his right hanging down holding a pair of bellows is identical in composition to the figure in a work in the Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre. In the Le Havre work the alchemist is poking a fire with the instrument in his left hand</p>

An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by or after David Ryckaert III.

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