Th. Wijck, alchymist im laboratorium / V.A. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1902. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Th. Wijck, alchymist im laboratorium / V.A. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1902. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Th. Wijck, alchymist im laboratorium / V.A. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1902.
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Rather than a named person or event, this print shows an alchemist at work inside his laboratory, a subject that drew Dutch painters in the mid-seventeenth century. The original painting is by Thomas Wijck, a Haarlem artist known for workshop and alchemist scenes, and it hangs in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden. This 1902 photographic reproduction was issued by the Munich publisher V.A. Bruckmann, one of several firms that made painting reproductions for art-minded buyers around 1900. Today it offers a window onto how that era pictured alchemy, a practice that mixed early chemistry with mysticism.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Art reproductions 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Reproduction of painting by Thomas Wijck, in Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. No. 1403. |
| Subjects | Alchemy--1630-1680. Laboratories--1630-1680. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,048 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167958 |
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