Name: The Alchemist
Brand: FERDINAND LANDERER (CIRCA 1730/46-1795) AFTER MARTIN JOHANN SCHMIDT (1718-1801)
Price: 1100.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

FERDINAND LANDERER (CIRCA 1730/46-1795) AFTER MARTIN JOHANN SCHMIDT (1718-1801)
The Alchemist
etching, circa 1765, on laid paper, a good impression of this rare print, with small margins, the sheet laid down onto a stiff card support, some foxmarks, a printer's crease in the upper part of the image, the sheet toned
Plate 317 x 202 mm., Sheet 328 x 209 mm.

References:
Nagler 6

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Lot Essay

This rather rustic figure is really a caricature of an Alchemist. While the horse's and the human skull hint at dark practices, the scorpion seems a rather pointless ingredient to be thrown into the melting pot and the fanciful reptile that hangs suspended from the ceiling is more amusing than it is threatening.