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Painting of alchemists in a cluttered workshop, one tending a furnace while an older man reads at a desk beside glass vessels

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An interior scene shows several figures in a cluttered alchemical workshop, with a man in red tending a glowing furnace and an older bearded man reading a book at a wooden desk. Hanging objects include a dried lizard and an animal skull, while glass retorts, scales and a bookshelf fill the room.

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