Searching for the Philosopher's Stone

Details

• Title

  Searching for the Philosopher's Stone

• Artist/maker

  Hans Weiditz (1495 - c. 1537) (printmaker)

  Heinrich Steiner (active 1522 - 1548) (printer)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1519 - 1532

• Material and technique

  woodcut on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print;

  visual representation › book-illustration

• Dimensions

  image 9.6 x 15.4 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA2003.Douce.1919

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