Multi-Estate Fall 2025 Auction
Lot 86:
Description
Item SKU: C-10971
Artist: Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1632-1664)
Date: 1663
Medium: Litho
Style/Movement: Baroque
Dimensions: 11" W x 14" H
Notes: This piece takes the artist’s own commentary on futile pursuits and pairs it with a subject that, at the time of the painting’s creation, was no longer considered a practical science. Alchemy, a fore-bearer of chemistry, was a discipline that focused on the transformation of matter. While it was used in many applications, its most famous and popular derivative was that of the transformation of metals, especially gold.
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