Artist: Carl Spitzweg
Date: 1860
Museum: Grohmann Museum (Milwaukee, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
In a dark attic, the old alchemist has set up a distillation apparatus. On the oven shown, partly cut to the left, there is a large copper kettle that is possibly filled with a liquid. A tube connects the top of the kettle with the glass globe that the alchemist has placed on a stool. The pipe is long enough for the steam to cool and condense. He is curiously waiting for the distillation product to start dropping into the glass globe. The large copper kettle looks like the type of still that is used in alcohol making. The construction of the distillation apparatus and the figure
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