April 23, 2009
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PlayOne extremely famous painting. Identify the artist, and the event depicted.
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Answer:
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painting: The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone
artist: Joseph Wright of Derby
event: discovery of Phosphorus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby
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April 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240521800 )
Joseph Wright
Search for the Philosopher’s stone
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240521843 )
OOps! it is Alchemist in search of the Philosopher’s stone
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240524791 )
Painting: The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone
Artist: Joseph Wright
It depicts the discovery of phosphorus by German alchemist Hennig Brand.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240526691 )
Alchemist Henning Brand cooks up a vat of distilled urine, causing a chemoluminescent reaction between elemental phosphorous and oxygen.
The painting is The Alchemist in Search of the Philosophers Stone (1771) by Joseph Wright
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:45 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240526755 )
alchemist in search of the philosophers stone by joseph wright. Hennig Brand discovering phosphorus.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240526774 )
Artist: Joseph Wright, Painting: The Alchemist in search of the Philosopher’s Stone which depicts the discovery of Phosphorus.
And Wikipedia speaks:
“The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone (1771) depicts the discovery of the element phosphorus by German alchemist Hennig Brand in 1669. A flask in which a large quantity of urine has been boiled down is seen bursting into light as the phosphorus, which is abundant in urine, ignites spontaneously in air.”
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240529105 )
The Alchymist (Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771). Here, the scientist seeking the Philosopher’s Stone to turn base metal into gold, discovers phosphorus, seen glowing in the image. Photo courtesy of the Derby Museum and Gallery.
April 24th, 2009 at 12:11 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240531866 )
painting: The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone
artist: Joseph Wright of Derby
event: discovery of Phosphorus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.....t_of_Derby
April 24th, 2009 at 1:12 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240535540 )
The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, by Joseph Wright
April 24th, 2009 at 6:25 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240554308 )
‘The Alchemist in search of the Philosophers stone’ by Joseph Wright of Derby.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240555565 )
Joseph derby’s painting The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone (1771) depicts the discovery of the element phosphorus by German alchemist Hennig Brand in 1669.
April 25th, 2009 at 12:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240621057 )
Alchemist – In search of the Philosopher’s Stone by Joseph Wright
April 25th, 2009 at 1:32 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240623143 )
” The Alchemist in Search of the Philosophers Stone (1771) by Joseph Wright depicting Hennig Brand discovering phosphorus “
April 25th, 2009 at 7:44 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240645473 )
Joseph Wright of Derby,event depicts the discovery of the element phosphorus by German alchemist Hennig Brand.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:32 am, GMT +0000 ( 1240651974 )
The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone
-Joseph Wright
April 25th, 2009 at 12:02 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1240660927 )
Not sure if the question is still open, but :-
The painting is “The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joseph Wright, which depicts the discovery of Phosphorus by German alchemist, Hennig Brand