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The Alchemist - Image 1
The Alchemist - Image 2
Public Domain

Jacques Nicolas Tardieu, David Teniers the Younger, and others

The Alchemist

n.d.

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The Alchemist

n.d.

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 263 × 345 mm. (10 3/8 × 13 9/16 in.) Plate: 226 × 282 mm. (8 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.) Image: 190 × 270 mm. (7 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4625

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "D. Teniers pinx."; below image, lower right, in plate "J. Tardieu Filius Sculp."; below image, center, in plate four lines of text beginning "LE DOCTEUR ALCHEMISTE / Gravé d'après le Tableau [...]"; below image, lower right, in graphite "1118-" Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "5370"; lower right in graphite "19-25"; lower right in graphite "FRE"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

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