Le bien pauvreté l'âge mûr la jeunesse / Qui fait, ou l'informe, ou la félicite

• Engraved by Francesco Pedro, Italian. After the painting by Francesco Magiotto
  Made in Venice
• Image: 12 x 16 in.
  Engraving on laid paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.126
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

An alchemist and three assistants working in a humble laboratory. The alchemist is holding tongs and pouring liquid into a crucible while a young assistant works the bellows. To the left a young woman is conversing with another assistant who is holding a mortar and pestle.

Inscription

Le bien la pauvreté l'age mûr la jeunesse/Qui fait, ou l'infortune, ou la felicite.—Voltaire.