The various operations of alchemy, Domenico Beccafumi
1540-1550
a series of ten prints Woodcut
collection the British Museum.
A silversmith who stands by a flame at the left an anvil in the foreground
The barber (?), an old man ties up a group of men on the ground
The blacksmith working at his forge
The gunner, holding aloft pots of fire, his right leg on a cannon
The forger standing by an anvil pulling a man bound in chains, Mercury occurs in the upper right
The alchemist behind an elderly man who approaches a number of jars set upon a ledge
An old man chasing off various Gods at left
The bell caster
A metal caster demolishing an interior structure
The blacksmith approaching a rocky outcrop, Mercury occurs at the left
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