Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik.

  • Brožik, Václav, 1851-1901.
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[between 1800 and 1899]
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35347i
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Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Rudolf II made Prague a centre for scholars, including Giordano Bruno and John Dee. This engraving shows about 14 members of court, with the emperor seated in the centre. The aged alchemist Sendivogius holds a stone in one hand and fire tongs in another

Publication/Creation

[between 1800 and 1899]

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 16.4 x 25.3 cm

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Lettering

Rodolph II at his alchemist's

Reference

Wellcome Collection 35347i

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