An Alchemist's Experiment

• 17th–18th century
• After Mattheus van Helmont
• 17.25 x 22 in.
  Oil on canvas
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.267
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

Seated amid a clutter of books and apparatus, an alchemist examines the contents of a flask while holding a large open manuscript. In the left background are two persons seated.