File:Mattheus van Hellemont The Alchemist.jpg

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Title The Alchemist
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The Alchemist by Mattheus von Helmont (Antwerp 1623-After 1679, Brussels) Oil on Canvas.

A bearded seated man facing three quarters left, with glasses and bright red shirt, bends over open book on desk stacked high with mess of books, papers, glassware. More of same at his feet plus broken and unbroken crockery, large copper pan, and strands of straw throughout. At left middle ground two men at table; behind them a man stands by a large furnace and pours from one vessel into another. To right in background through partition are three men around a free standing small furnace heating a pot.

Van Helmont was a follower of Adrien Brouwer and David Teniers II. Popular subjects for these artists include peasant interiors, alchemists, doctors, and craftsmen at work.
Date 17th century
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 22.5 × 16.5 in (57.2 × 41.9 cm)
Accession number FA 2000.003.002
Credit line Gift of Roy Eddleman, CHF Collections.
Inscriptions Signature bottom right: M. van Helmont
Notes Originally uploaded from the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Flickr stream. Rather than uploading a duplicate copy of the same file, we've added exhibit information from the Chemical Heritage Foundation's database to the existing image, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Source/Photographer Chemical Heritage Foundation, Photograph by Will Brown. Originally uploaded from the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Flickr stream.
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