A barber-surgeon attending to a man's head: a group of locals watch with interest. Etching by J.B. de Wael II.

  • Wael, Jan Baptist de, active 1632-1699.
Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
29884i
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A barber-surgeon attending to a man's head: a group of locals watch with interest. Etching by J.B. de Wael II. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The surgeon holds possibly a plaster or a piece of skull in his right hand and a surgical instrument in his left. Shaving bowls and a string of extracted teeth are displayed in the shop window. Unlike the other men, the surgeon wears a ruff and a skullcap. The buildings outside are of Italian appearance

Publication/Creation

1600-1699

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 8 x 12.8 cm

Lettering

Bears number: 14

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol. 5, Vienna 1805, p. 9, no. 14 ("14. Le chirurgien de village. Un chirurgien de village faisant une opération à la tête d'un paysan qui est assis au milieu de l'’estampe, en présence de deux autres paysans qui sont débout à droite, et de deux femmes qui se voient à gauche, et dont une porte un enfant sur les bras.")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 29884i

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