The Alchemist and Vanity oil on panel Flemish school of the 17th century<\/b><\/p>\n
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Flemish paintings from the 17th century are highly sought-after by collectors. They have excellent reasons: the subjects, the quality of the preparations and pigments used, and the virtuosity of the painters in the various workshops of the Masters.<\/p>\n
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In the 17th century, alchemy was considered by all societies to be a mysterious science, a laboratory practice that very serious and influential men studied through texts and experiments. Alchemists could be considered by some as doctors and were consulted.<\/p>\n
Vanities feature allegorical objects with strong symbolic value. The most emblematic of these is the skull, symbolizing death.<\/p>\n
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The Alchemist and Vanity, a fine 17th-century painting on wood, perfectly captures the mysterious atmosphere of the Society's consultations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Flemish school of the 17th century, on the back a mark in the shape of a star or flower (research in progress).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sizes unframed: H 13.38 In. - W 20.27 In.<\/p>\n Sizes framed: \u00a0 \u00a0 H 18.50 In. - W 25.49 In.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Very good condition, in its beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame. We have had this painting professionally cleaned, with two small repaints, probably from the 19th century.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" L\u2019Alchimiste et la Vanit\u00e9 huile sur panneau \u00e9cole Flamande du XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle Les tableaux Flamand du XVII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle sont tr\u00e8s recherch\u00e9s par les collectionneurs. Ils ont raison : les sujets abord\u00e9s, la qualit\u00e9 des pr\u00e9parations et des pigments employ\u00e9s, la virtuosit\u00e9 des artistes peintres dans les diff\u00e9rents ateliers des Ma\u00eetres. L’alchimie au 17\u00e8me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n