Wellcome Collection
An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by simians: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, c. 1580
Pieter van der Borcht
Lettering: Docta etiam sanos plantis haurite liquores,/ Queis aegro medicam sedula praestet opem. Pour guarir maladie et tout mal qu'endommage,/ Ils distilent ici diuerse herbe en breuuage
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