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  • A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.
  • Theo Heemskerk as an alchemist trying in vain to distill a report from members of a commission set up to reform the constitution of the Netherlands. Line block after J. Braakensiek, 1912.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of Thomas Wijck (Wyck).
  • An alchemist in a long robe standing reading above an open chest of books which he has rifled through; a large vaulted hall surrounds him, littered with alchemical apparatus. Pen and pencil drawing by J. Nasmyth, 1854.
  • An alchemist applying bellows to a furnace. Oil painting by a follower (?) of François-Marius Granet.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen, with a mirror below.
  • A dwarf alchemist and his assistant standing by a crucible. Etching, 18th century.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist of the 'puffer' (uninitiated) type, surrounded by equipment. Engraving by W. French after D. Teniers the younger.
  • M0006965: An alchemist reading in a laboratory
  • Interior with an alchemist. Oil painting by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck).
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a sixteenth-century alchemist's laboratory. Photograph.
  • A hooded alchemist at a furnace; above him hang dead animals: caricature. Watercolour painting.
  • Interior with an alchemist studying a book, his assistant pouring liquid into a bowl. Oil painting by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck).
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting after D. Teniers II.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by F.B. Lorieux and P. Michon after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting by E.C. Barnes.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen.
  • A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by or after David Ryckaert III.
  • Two children wait nervously while an alchemist secretively concocts a mixture at his stove. Pen and wash drawing by G. Robinson.
  • An alchemist seated at a furnace, turning away in thought. Oil painting after David Teniers II (?).
  • An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.