M0007665: An alchemist in his laboratory

Date:: 27 January 1941

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/66/3

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0007663-M0007769WT/D/1/20/1/66
        M0007665: An alchemist in his laboratoryWT/D/1/20/1/66/3

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Contains: 1 image

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Credit

M0007665: An alchemist in his laboratory. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower o

Description

Photograph of framed oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger, depicting an alchemist in his laboratory. A caption attached to the frame titles the work 'Alchymist in his laboratory' and attributes the work to Pieter van den Bosch, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 28th November 1939 (R2759/1939). Related images: V0017678

Publication/Creation

27 January 1941

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 45129i; Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: R2759/1939

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

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