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Object Type
print
Museum number
1850,0713.83
Title
Object:
Le chimiste
Description
A chemist's laboratory, with, in the foreground, an old man sitting with a young man in front of a furnace where a retort has been placed; in the background, two apprentices working; after David Teniers the Younger. c.1747 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Jacques Philippe Le Bas
After:
David Teniers the Younger
Published by:
Jacques Philippe Le Bas
School/style
French
Production date
1745-1747
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
371 millimetres
Width:
494 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Advertised in 'Mercure', June 1747. Another impression, see F,3.156.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(388)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
alchemist/alchemy
laboratory
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Graves & Co
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0713.83