Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.
A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.
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A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.

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