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

Domenico Beccafumi1530s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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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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