File:Alchemist Filling Wet Drug Jars FA 2000.001.282.jpg
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Summary[edit]
A Man Filling Wet Drug Jars in an Apothecary Shop
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| Artist |
Unknown author, Italian School |
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| Title |
A Man Filling Wet Drug Jars in an Apothecary Shop |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
This painting shows the equipment and procedures involved in making a medicinal product, probably "water of endives". In the center of the composition, a man pours a liquid into storage jars. He is surrounded by copper bowls and blue vessels. A large bag, containing realistically rendered endive plants, is shown in front of him at the bottom center of the painting. More endives are shown in a bowl on the left and one on the corner of the central table. To the left, in the shadows, a boy or man delivers raw materials. A large press with a vertical screw can be seen in the shadows at the right. More prominently to the right, the medicinal water is prepared by means of distillation, using a copper still with a Moor's head device and a furnace. Believed to have been done by an artist close to Carlo Magini. |
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| Date |
17th century  |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 19.2 in (48.8 cm) ; width: 25.5 in (64.7 cm) |
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| Collection |
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| Current location |
Fisher Collection |
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| Accession number |
FA 2000.001.282 (Science History Institute) |
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| Credit line |
given by Fisher Scientific International, Science History Institute. |
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| Notes | Image downloaded with permission from the Science History Institute, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Transmutations: Alchemy in Art (2002) by Lawrence M. Principe and Lloyd DeWitt (p. 28). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ws859g16b | ||||||||||||||||||||
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