Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A Christ-like figure seated in a boiling vat while a man works a bellows beneath it; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.
A Christ-like figure seated in a boiling vat while a man works a bellows beneath it; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.
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A Christ-like figure seated in a boiling vat while a man works a bellows beneath it; representing the process of self-destruction in order to attain the elixir of life; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.

Unknown artist

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