The Alchemical Properties of Metal: Mercury, Vulcan, and the Alchemist in the Cave

Domenico Beccafumi1530s

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Title: The Alchemical Properties of Metal: Mercury, Vulcan, and the Alchemist in the Cave
Creator: Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486-1551)
Date Created: 1530s
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.153
Medium: woodcut
Inscriptions: Verso: 2 unidentified collector's marks
Edition of Work: one from a series of 10 prints illustrating the alchemical properties of metal
Department: Prints
Culture: Italy, Siena, 16th century
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: PR - Woodcut
Accession Number: 2010.153

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