A red-faced sun rises above a city; stunted trees stand in the foreground; representing either the culmination of the alchemical work or the star of hope that inspires the alchemist through his tribulations. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

  • Ibbs, Edith A.
Date:
1900-1909
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39763i
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Splendor solis
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A red-faced sun rises above a city; stunted trees stand in the foreground; representing either the culmination of the alchemical work or the star of hope that inspires the alchemist through his tribulations. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced June 2023 : A red-faced sun rises above a city; stunted trees stand in the foreground; representing either the culmination of the alchemical work or the star of hope that inspires the alchemist through his tribulations. Watercolour painting.

Description

Lennep (op. cit, p. 116) sets out the two interpretations of the painting mentioned above

Publication/Creation

1900-1909

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; image 35 x 22 cm.

References note

J. van Lennep, L'alchimie, Brussels 1984, pp. 110-129

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39763i

Creator/production credits

Painted by Edith Annie Ibbs (1863-1937) on commission from the secretary of the Historical Medical Exhibition organized by Henry S. Wellcome (C.J.S. Thompson), ca. 1907, and subsequently exhibited in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London

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After: Salomon Trismosin, Splendor solis, 1582, British Library, Harley ms. 3469

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