{"id":"fjlft5q","internal_id":"3d829fe3-876c-4a46-8fcd-9c6c66d402ca","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/4ebnepg/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/fjlft5q"},"title":"An Alchemist's Laboratory","additional_title":[],"format":["image","physical_object"],"genre":["Paintings"],"medium":[],"extent":["20.3 cm W x 15.2 cm H"],"language":[],"provenance":"Jackie King, London. Nov. 11, 1987.","subject":["Alchemy","Alchemists","Alchemy in art","Workshops"],"department":"Museum","series_arrangement":[],"rights":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","rights_holder":"","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Auerbach, Jahna","description":"Painting titled An Alchemist's Laboratory, depicts a bearded alchemist in a monk-like robe studying an open text on his lap. Beside him, an open furnace provides a warm orange glow of leaping flames and a thin trail of rising smoke. Glass distillation vessels, bottles, and vials rest on a nearby table.","description_html":"<p>Painting titled <i>An Alchemist's Laboratory</i>, depicts a bearded alchemist in a monk-like robe studying an open text on his lap. Beside him, an open furnace provides a warm orange glow of leaping flames and a thin trail of rising smoke. Glass distillation vessels, bottles, and vials rest on a nearby table.</p>","published_at":"2026-09-03T20:37:26Z","updated_at":"2026-09-03T20:37:26Z","creator":[{"category":"artist","value":"Muller, Karl Friedrich"}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1800","start_qualifier":"century","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1800s"}],"place":[],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":null}