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An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's obsessive, fruitless experiments. Engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1558.
Lettering: Debent ignari res ferre et post operari/ jus lapidis cari vilis sed denique rari/ unica res certa vilis sed ubique reperta// Quatuor inserta naturis in nube referta/ nulla mineralis res est ubi principalis/ sed talis qualis reperitur ubisque localis. H. Cock excud cum privilegio
Creator
- Pieter Bruegel
Type of item
- Satires (Visual works)
Creator
- Pieter Bruegel
Type of item
- Satires (Visual works)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0004313
Identifier
- L0004313
- b1193110
- ICV No 25971
- yx4rb7rv
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:46:51.533Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:46:51.533Z