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Description: | Paintings on alchemical themes were popular in seventeenth-century Flemish and Dutch art. It is not known who initiated this interest but both Teniers and Ryckaert took up the theme in earnest around 1648. The alchemist theme is used as an illustration of human folly involving futile searches. Unlike Teniers, Ryckaert does not direct references to the alchemist's foolishness. This work is based on a work by the seventeenth-century Flemish artist David Ryckaert III but is not an exact copy. The alchemist is sitting by a window through which light is cast over the left hand side of the painting. | Subjects: | figure; interior; still life; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ryckaert, David, III (Flemish painter, 1612-1661) Æ After Previously attributed to after Teniers, Abraham (Flemish painter, 1629-1670) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8323... | Go to resource |
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