![]() Both subjects are represented with numerous demons. The recurring motifs in Antwerp-born David Teniers the Younger’s (1610- 1690) representations of alchemists are also found in his numerous highly moralising paintings depicting witches and on the traditional religious theme of The Temptations of St. Follower of Paracelsusian alchemy who discovered the existence of multiple gasses such as Flemish Jan Baptista van Helmont (1577-1644) came under virtual house arrest for much of two decades for his writings which brought him accusations of dabbling in black magic (Butterfield, 1965, p. Alchemists in the Catholic Spanish Netherlands became subject to the Spanish Inquisition. ![]() They attributed marvellous events to the work of demons and proclaimed that magicians were agents in disguise (Easlea, 1980, p. Protestant reformers in northern Netherlands dealt with the threat by declaring magic as false and inefficacious as the true God could not be manipulated into revealing his secrets of nature (Tambiah, 1990, pp. AnthonyĪlchemy was resisted by both the Catholic and Protestant Church. Keywords: Alchemy, David Teniers the Younger, devil and demons, The Temptations of St. ![]()
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