Three men ride through the sky on black, red and white lions (colours of the alchemical process); beneath, men lay sprawled among dismembered limbs. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
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The lions spit fire. The head of a dragon spits fire from the left
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Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 20.7 x 14.2 cm
Lettering
Bears number: 12
References note
Jacques van Lennep, Alchimie, Brussels 1984, pp. 142-144
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38213i
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