This reminds me a lot of the painting “The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and prays for the successful Conclusion of his operation, as was the custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers”. It depicts alchemist Henning Brand, who isolated white phosphorus in 1665 by boiling down urine. It was the first discovery of a new element after antiquity.
This reminds me a lot of the painting “The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and prays for the successful Conclusion of his operation, as was the custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers”. It depicts alchemist Henning Brand, who isolated white phosphorus in 1665 by boiling down urine. It was the first discovery of a new element after antiquity.