(8) alchemy

At least one of Bruegel's "explanations" is misleading. His print of The Alchemist appears to be based on the Dresden Codex, which was also apparently a source for The Garden of Delights/El Jardín de las Delicias. Another image on the same page appears to have been a model for the painting of The Pedlar (by an unidentified artist), which Bruegel turned into The Beekeepers. But if anyone thought the person in the Dresden Codex picture really was an alchemist, they were incorrect since the person is burning copal incense for a ceremony.