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An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker Wall Art
ART BY: Jan Steen
An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker Wall Art
ART BY: Jan Steen
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An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker is a mezzotints by Jan Steen (1626–1679). The artist is catalogued as Dutch. The source scan comes from the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 4297 × 6000 px (5.3 MB). It is filed under Prints and Baroque, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 121 works by Jan Steen, a Dutch artist.
Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Jan Steen →
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