An Alchemist at Work

• 17th century
• Mattheus van Helmont, Flemish
• 17 x 23.625 in.
  Oil on canvas
• Not on display
• Gift of Roy Eddleman
• Eddleman Collection
• FA 2000.003.037
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A bearded alchemist is seated at a small bench, holding up a pair of spectacles to read a manuscript. Vessels, books, straw, and apparatus are scattered on the floor. In the right background an assistant carries a bucket toward the furnace. In the left background three men are standing around a vessel.