Painting > Elementa Chemicae Triptych

Gold leaf and painted triptych illustrating the alchemy process to discover the Philosopher’s Stone (detail)
Elementa Chemicae Triptych
Opened Middle Left
#7
Gold Leaf and Acrylic paint on Wood
50 in H x 40 in W opened
2004

The planets embody the metal to which the bird mercury is related.
The locked trunk says the path to quicksilver is hidden.