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The Alchemist, 1558. Artist: Galle, Philipp (1537-1612)The Alchemist, 1558. Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Saul and the Witch of Endor. Detail: Grimoire, 1526. Artist: Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Jacob (ca. 1470-1533)Saul and the Witch of Endor. Detail: Grimoire, 1526. Found in the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1526. Artist: Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Jacob (ca. 1470-1533)Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1526. Found in the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae... 1775. Artist: AnonymousCompendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae... 1775. Private Collection
Discourse on Geomancy, ca 1685. Artist: AnonymousDiscourse on Geomancy, ca 1685. Found in the collection of British Library
Vanitas Still Life. Artist: Collier, Edwaert (1642-1708)Vanitas Still Life. Private Collection
Vanitas Still Life, 1662. Artist: Collier, Edwaert (1642-1708)Vanitas Still Life, 1662. Private Collection
Vanitas Still Life, 1632. Artist: Collier, Edwaert (1642-1708)Vanitas Still Life, 1632. Private Collection
Use of Sarum, 1526. Artist: AnonymousUse of Sarum, 1526. Private Collection
Birth Amulet, 18th century. Artist: AnonymousBirth Amulet, 18th century. Private Collection
Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, 1651, illustrating that the Philosophers Stone must be combined with gold to produce new gold, just as a lion eats a serpent to change it into its own substance
An Alchemist, 1661. Artist: Adriaen van OstadeAn Alchemist, 1661. Painting held in The National Gallery, London. From The Dutch Genius by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C. Jack, London, 1911]
Elixir of Life: The Alchemist, 1558 (1956). From the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. A print from Ideas, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common
The Gold Weigher, 1908-1909. Artist: Saloman KoninckThe Gold Weigher, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1908-1909)
Roger Bacon, 13th century English Franciscan friar and philosopher, (c1850). Bacon (c1214-1292) was known as Doctor Mirabilis due to his interest in magic and alchemy
Allegory of Astrology, 1490s. Artist: Pinturicchio, Bernardino (1454-1513)Allegory of Astrology, 1490s. Found in the collection of the Appartamenti Borgia, Vatican
A scholar in his Study. Artist: Wyck, Thomas (ca. 1616-1677)A scholar in his Study. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm
The Alchemist, 1663. Artist: Bega, Cornelis Pietersz. (1631 / 2-1664)The Alchemist, 1663. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Alchemical apparatus (From: Liber de secretis naturae), 1556-1557. Artist: Ulstadius (Ulstadt)Alchemical apparatus (From: Liber de secretis naturae), 1556-1557. Found in the collection of the Yale University
De Alchimia opvscvla complvra vetervm philosophorum, 1550. Artist: Jacob, Cyriacus (active 1543-1550)De Alchimia opvscvla complvra vetervm philosophorum, 1550. Found in the collection of the Yale University
Alchemical notebook, c. 1620. Artist: Grasshoff (Grasshof), Johann (1560-1623)Alchemical notebook, c. 1620. Found in the collection of the Yale University
The Alchemist (after painting by David Teniers), Late 18th cent Artist: Peree, Jacques Louis (1769-1832)The Alchemist (after painting by David Teniers), Late 18th cent.. From a private collection
An Alchemist, 1631-1640. Artist: Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690)An Alchemist, 1631-1640. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid
Illustration for Tripvs avrevs, hoc est, Tres tractatvs chymici selectissimi 1618. Artist: Bry, Theodor de (1528-1598)Illustration for Tripvs avrevs, hoc est, Tres tractatvs chymici selectissimi.. 1618. From a private collection
The Four, the Three, the Two, and the One, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de VriesThe Four, the Three, the Two, and the One, 1595. Illustration from the book Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath, a work on alchemy. From a private collection
Hermaphrodite, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de VriesHermaphrodite, 1595. Illustration from the book Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath, a work on alchemy. From a private collection
Alchemists laboratory, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de VriesAlchemists laboratory, 1595. Illustration from the book Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae (Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom) by Heinrich Khunrath. From a private collection
Heinrich Khunrath, German chemist and alchemist, 1725Heinrich Khunrath (c1560-1605) German chemist and alchemist, 1725. Khunrath (c1560-1605) was born in Leipzig. From Icones Virorum... by Friedrich Roth-Scholtz. (Nuremberg, 1725)
Title page of Elias Ashmoles Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 1652. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this book. Ashmole (1619-1692)
Alchemical laboratory showing various forms of furnace and vessels, 1652. From Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum by Elias Ashmole. (London, 1652)
The four great alchemists, 1652. Artist: Robert VaughanThe four great alchemists, 1652. From left to right: Al-Jabir (Geber, 14th century Spanish); Arnald or Arnold of Villanova (Spanish, c1240-c1310); Rhazes (Abu Bakr Abu Bakr al-Razi)
Alchemical symbolism, 1652. A toad and serpent representing two basic types of element; fixed and earthy (toad) and the volatile (serpent). The flying eagle represents sublimation
Berthold Schwart, 14th century German Franciscan monk and alchemist, 1901. Schwart (fl 1320) is supposed to be the first European to discover gunpowder. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist and physician, 16th century. Artist: Wenceslaus HollarTheophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist, physician and pioneer of medical chemistry, 16th century
The Hermetic Vessel, c1760. A hermetic vessel in the alchemical furnace. The serpent within the vase symbolises the earthy substances of which the Philosophers Stone is made
Theatrum chemicum Britannicum, 1652. Artist: Vaughan, Robert (c. 1600-before 1663)Theatrum chemicum Britannicum, 1652. From a private collection
An Alchemist, 1661. Artist: Ostade, Adriaen Jansz, van (1610-1685)An Alchemist, 1661. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London
Death, 1624. A figure in a tomb (circle), his soul and spirit leaving (two boy-headed birds), absorbing the black crow. In the body are salt, sulphur and mercury
The Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651The eleventh key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651. Symbolising multiplication, two lions represent sulphur consumed by mercury being transformed
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651. The marriage of the alchemical king (gold) and queen (silver)
Symbols of the synthesis of the Great Work, 1678. 4 sides=4 elements. 3 serpents=tria prima (sulphur, salt, mercury). 2 circles=masculine and feminine properties
Distillation of nitric acid (Aqua fortis or parting acid) in an iron man with two noses, 1689. From Philio-Chemico-Medicus by Christopher Packe (1689)
Alchemical symbol representing the transmutation of base metal into silver and gold, 1652. The transmutation of base metal (Earth at bottom) into gold (Sun) and silver (Moon)
Frontispiece of Magia Naturalis by Johannes Baptista della Porta, 1715. The picture includes a number of essential alchemical features such as the philosophers egg
The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk, 1651. Symbolising the purification of metals through death and resurrection
Hermes the Egyptian, alchemist, 17th century. Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary fount of occult and alchemical knowledge
Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa, Arab chemist and alchemist. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Al Jabir) (c721-c815) was court physician to Harun al-Rashid. He is also known as Geber in Latin
The Hermetic Androgyne, late 17th century. Miniature from a German manuscript. King=Sun=Gold, Queen=Moon=Silver, Dragon=Mercury=Volatility and so transmutation