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The Alchemist, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Alchemist

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nachPieter Bruegel the Elder

The Alchemist, 1558

Blatt: 340 x 450 mm

Inventory Number: 50287

Object Number: 50287 D

Status: Not on display

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The Alchemist

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet in der Platte oben links: Brueghel inue; unten links: H COCK EXCVD CVM PRIVILEGIO; über der Tür: lospital; auf den Büchern rechts: 12 Ionne [?] marn // ALGHE MIST // ACED // OM; auf dem Sach unten links: Drogery; auf den Behältern rechts: keue / sulfer; auf dem Papier über dem Kamin: cm misero; unten mittig: DEBENT IGNARI RES FERRE ET POST OPERARI /IVS LAPIDIS CARI VILIS SED VBIQ REPERTA / NVLLA MINERALIS RES EST VBI PRINCIPALIS / SED TALIS QVALIS REPERITVR VBIQ LOCALIS

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit Inventarnummern (50276/50281); daneben Stempel "Brönner's Vermächtnis" (Lugt 307); verso unten rechts Stempelfragment Brönner (Lugt 306)

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: NHD 40 I/III

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

49E391alchemist at work
41A1civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

Secondary

49E3931alchemistic vessels
49E393alchemistic equipment
49E39313pots, jars (ollae)
49E3932alchemistic furnace
49E3941Sulphur ~ alchemistic substance
49E394alchemistic substances
21Cfire (one of the four elements)
41B131blowing (stirring up a fire)
31D11221boy (child between toddler and youth)
49G4hospital
49M3printed matter

Associative

49E39alchemy

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26.06.2026