Painting background:
Alchemist painted by 17th Century genre painter Cornelius Bega depicts an absolute wreck of a man, an alchemist. Alchemy has always been regarded as a pseudo-science and has been criticized throughout its history for being unauthentic by scientists, writers and even artists. Bega himself is parodying the subject of the painting, the alchemist.
Condensed sentence:
A confined house for a misanthropic and voyeuristic man who dreams of achievement in his field of specialty, alchemy.
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