The Alchemist

• 17th century
• Attributed to Thomas Wijck
• 18.25 x 16.25 in.
  Oil on panel
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.261
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A view of a cluttered workshop. Books and papers are stacked chaotically in the lower-right corner, while a celestial globe sits in the center. A man sits and writes at a desk at the right by a lit window. On the left a younger man kneels over a basket.