The Iatrochemist

• 17th–18th century
• Balthasar van den Bossche
• 27.75 x 33.5 in.
  Oil on canvas
• On display in Transmutations
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.279
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

In a busy workshop a medical chemist wearing a physician’s cap performs a uroscopy. He consults an open book, while at the right a woman and a man await the results. In the background a patient undergoes a dental procedure, with three people watching. In the far right a man enters the room, holding a flask. A distillation apparatus can be seen at the bottom right.