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Distillation

c. 1589 - c. 1593 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A workshop for distillation. In the foreground a scholar reads the recipe for distillation from a thick book. Right foreground herbs are ground finely with a mortar by a young assistant. Center a large cauldron that is heated. In a painting on the wall a representation of a dining room. The print is part of a nineteen-part series on new inventions and discoveries.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print picture, painting pestle and mortar distilled spirits chemical industry

Credit lineDistillatie. c. 1589 - c. 1593. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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