# The Alchemist

- By: Cornelis Bega (Dutch, 1631/1632 - 1664)
- Date: 1663
- Medium: oil on canvas mounted on panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 35 × 28.6 cm (13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: From the Collection of Ethel and Martin Wunsch
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.161648.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/fed44c43-1de2-41ed-98cd-5dc35f39d20a/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)