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Balthasar van den Bossche - The Alchemist in His Workshop

Balthasar van den Bossche - The Alchemist in His Workshop

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Fotothek df tg 0007128 Theosophie ^ Alchemie

Fotothek df tg 0007128 Theosophie ^ Alchemie

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekTheosophie & Alchemie Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adriaen van Ostade 002 -  The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

Adriaen van Ostade 002 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

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Carl Spitzweg 015 -  The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

Carl Spitzweg 015 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

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Thomas Wijck Alchemist in his Study FA 2000.001.280

Thomas Wijck Alchemist in his Study FA 2000.001.280

The Alchemist in His Study with a Woman Making Lace by Thomas Wijck (Beverwijck 1616–1677 Haarlem), Holland, 17th Century, Oil on panel A dark study illuminated by single leaded glass window at left; in middl... More

Van Bentum Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory FA 2000.001.285

Van Bentum Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory FA 2000.001.285

The Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory by Justus Gustav van Bentum (Leiden 1670–1727) Holland, 17th or 18th century A white bearded man raises his hands as his chemical apparatus explodes, illuminating hi... More

Alchemists Workshop detail from Title Page AQ24 (3)

Alchemists Workshop detail from Title Page AQ24 (3)

Alchemist's workshop, detail from the Title page ofBeschreibung allerfürnemisten mineralischen Ertzt unnd Bergkwercks Arten : wie dieselbigen, unnd eine jede in Sonderheit jrer Natur und Eigenschafft nach, auss... More

1477 thomas norton the ordinall of alchymy master and pupil

1477 thomas norton the ordinall of alchymy master and pupil

Illumination from a 1477 illuminated manuscript of The Ordinall of Alchymy by English alchemist Thomas Norton. Depicts a master orally transmitting alchemical wisdom to a pupil. The pupil is the author, Thomas... More

L’âme de Mercure

L’âme de Mercure

“The Soul of Mercury” represented in the form of a crowned mermaid, from an 18th century date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 alchemical work. Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Paris. The image presented on the back cov... More

Philips Galle - The Alchemist - WGA8441
Carl Spitzweg - Der Alchemist (1837, Grohmann Museum)

Carl Spitzweg - Der Alchemist (1837, Grohmann Museum)

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Balthasar van den Bossche - An Alchemist in His Laboratory

Balthasar van den Bossche - An Alchemist in His Laboratory

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Faust image 19thcentury - Public domain  engraving

Faust image 19thcentury - Public domain engraving

19th century engraving of Homunculus from Goethe's Faust part II Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt die Erzeugung des Homunculus in Goethes Faust II. (Darstellung aus dem 19. Jahrhundert)

Homunculus Faust - Public domain  engraving

Homunculus Faust - Public domain engraving

19th century engraving of Homunculus from Goethe's Faust part II Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt die Erzeugung des Homunculus in Goethes Faust II. (Darstellung aus dem 19. Jahrhundert)

353d Special Operations Group Emblem

353d Special Operations Group Emblem

Official approved emblem of the 353 SOG Public domain photograph - military emblem, badge, insignia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fam His 045

Fam His 045

A book ornament featuring Roger Bacon's tutor, the local priest, and his father, "old Bacon", along with a historiated initial T."...young Bacon tooke his learning so fast, that the priest could not teach him ... More

Fam His 045 Border

Fam His 045 Border

The border from FamHis045.png.

Fam His 057

Fam His 057

A full-page illustration of Miles, Roger Bacon's servant, with his Brazen Head. "Miles, to keepe him[self] from sleeping, got a tabor and pipe, and being merry disposed, sung this song..." (p. 56)

Alchemy - Mercury and sulfur personified - Wellcome Collection

Alchemy - Mercury and sulfur personified - Wellcome Collection

Alchemy. Mercury and sulfur personified, from the sixteenth century. A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac vir... More

The Alchemist by Mattheus van Helmont

The Alchemist by Mattheus van Helmont

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Edmond Van Hove - Alchemy, the Inquisition and Scholasticism
Ibn Umayl The Silvery Water - Public domain dedication image

Ibn Umayl The Silvery Water - Public domain dedication image

Illustration from a transcript of Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi’s book Al-mâ' al-waraqî (The Silvery Water), also called Senioris Zadith tabula chymica. In which Ibn Umail describes a statue of a sage holding t... More

Donum Dei - Drawing. Public domain image.

Donum Dei - Drawing. Public domain image.

Italiano: Decima immagine dal trattato Pretiosissimum Donum Dei, di Georges Aurach, edito nel XVII secolo: tavola intitolata «Cinis Cinerum» («cenere delle ceneri»).

Five birds Basilica philosophica Merian 1618

Five birds Basilica philosophica Merian 1618

Crow, swan, basilisk, pelican, phoenix. Detail from illustration of Basilica Philosophica, third volume of Johann Daniel Mylius’ Opus Medico-Chymicum Italiano: Corvo, cigno, basilisco, pellicano, fenice. Part... More

Splendor Solis - Portion of Plate 3

Splendor Solis - Portion of Plate 3

Third plate of Splendor Solis, cropped to show central figure. Public domain photograph of 15th-century, early renaissance art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Grand Hermetic Androgyne

The Grand Hermetic Androgyne

The Grand Hermetic Androgyne trampling underfoot the Four Elements of the Prima Materia.

Alchemik Sedziwoj Matejko - Drawing. Public domain image.

Alchemik Sedziwoj Matejko - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Alchemical air 1606

Alchemical air 1606

Alchemical air

Alchemist Thomas Wijck, Thomas Wijck

Alchemist Thomas Wijck, Thomas Wijck

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Alchemische Vereinigung aus dem Donum Dei

Alchemische Vereinigung aus dem Donum Dei

Latina: SOLVTIO PERFECTA Deutsch: Alchemische Vereinigung; Illustration im Buch Donum Dei. Ortus diviciarum sapiencie Dei.

Alchemist-small, Philips Galle
Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Aurora-sunandmoon, illuminated manuscript

Grandes chroniques de France Jean Fouquet: Aurora-sunandmoon, illumina...

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Matthaus Merian - Basilica Philosophica 1618

Matthaus Merian - Basilica Philosophica 1618

Alchemical illustration in the "Basilica Philosophica" section of Opus Medico-Chymicum, page 273

Alchimist Pieter Bruegel - Public domain portrait drawing

Alchimist Pieter Bruegel - Public domain portrait drawing

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Cornelis Pietersz. Bega - De Alchemist

Cornelis Pietersz. Bega - De Alchemist

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Joseph Wright of Derby The Alchemist

Joseph Wright of Derby The Alchemist

Full title: The Alchymist, In Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and prays for the successful Conclusion of his operation, as was the custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers, by Joseph... More

Joseph Wright Alchemist - A painting of a man sitting in a chair in a room

Joseph Wright Alchemist - A painting of a man sitting in a chair in a ...

Full title: The Alchymist, In Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and prays for the successful Conclusion of his operation, as was the custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers

Pieter Brueghel the Elder-The Alchemist

Pieter Brueghel the Elder-The Alchemist

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Raimundus Lullus alchemic page

Raimundus Lullus alchemic page

Page from alchemic treatise of Ramon Llull

Scala intarsiata su banco del coro di San Domenico

Scala intarsiata su banco del coro di San Domenico

Italiano: Intarsio di una Scala sul banco al centro del coro della Basilica di San Domenico a Bologna (1541-1549), Italy

The Leaves of Hermes Sacred Tree

The Leaves of Hermes Sacred Tree

The Leaves of Hermes’ Sacred Tree, 1. Solution – 2. Filtration – 3. Evaporation – 4. Distillation – 5. Separation – 6. Rectification – 7. Calcination – 8. Commixtion – 9. Purification – 10. Inhibition – 11. ... More

Uovo San Domenico

Uovo San Domenico

Italiano: Intarsio di un uovo nel coro della Basilica di San Domenico a Bologna (1541-1549)

William Fettes Douglas - The Alchemist

William Fettes Douglas - The Alchemist

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Alchemical Laboratory - Project Gutenberg eText 14218

Alchemical Laboratory - Project Gutenberg eText 14218

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Alchimia

Alchimia

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Alchemist's Laboratory, Heinrich Khunrath, Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, 1595

Alchemist's Laboratory, Heinrich Khunrath, Amphitheatrum sapientiae ae...

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Baro Urbigerus — Filius noster — 1705

Baro Urbigerus — Filius noster — 1705

Abb. in Besondere Chymische Schriften, Hamburg 1705 Public domain photograph of 18th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Wright Alchemist 1

Joseph Wright Alchemist 1

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Alchemist

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Alchemist

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Tabula Smaragdina - Public domain  engraving

Tabula Smaragdina - Public domain engraving

"Macrocosm and microcosm", engraving attached to Basilica Philosophica, third volume of Johann Daniel Mylius’ Opus Medico-Chymicum, Frankfurt

An Allegory of Alchemy

An Allegory of Alchemy

An Allegory of Alchemy, indistinctly inscribed across the upper and lower edges

Mercury-doctor (cropped)

Mercury-doctor (cropped)

The Planet Mercury as a Doctor on Horseback; Unknown; Augsburg, Germany; shortly after 1464; Watercolor and ink on paper bound between original wood boards covered with original pigskin; Leaf: 30.6 x 22.1 cm (... More

Mercury-doctor

Mercury-doctor

The Planet Mercury as a Doctor on Horseback; Unknown; Augsburg, Germany; shortly after 1464; Watercolor and ink on paper bound between original wood boards covered with original pigskin; Leaf: 30.6 x 22.1 cm (... More