PrintsFrench18th-19th century

The Alchemist

18th-19th century

Artists

Jacques Louis PeréeArtist

David Teniers IIArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 23.2 x 31.8 cm (9 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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