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A travelling healer demonstrating the extraction of a tooth from the mouth of a woman patient, before a crowd of onlookers.
Etching attributed to Cornelis de Wael (1592-1667). By comparison with other contemporary accounts, it is likely that some of the figures, such as the patient and the man holding her arm, are to be interpreted as "stooges" of the operator, pretending to demonstrate the operation to impress the other onlookers. In the centre, a woman patient sits in a Savonarola chair. The operator, left, holds her…
Creator
- Cornelis de Wael
- Cornelis de Wael
Subject
- CORNELIS DE WAEL
- TOOTHDRAWER
- 17TH CENTURY
- FLEMISH
- BRN: 44095
Type of item
- Etchings
Creator
- Cornelis de Wael
- Cornelis de Wael
Subject
- CORNELIS DE WAEL
- TOOTHDRAWER
- 17TH CENTURY
- FLEMISH
- BRN: 44095
Type of item
- Etchings
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0028342
Identifier
- L0028342
- b1201908
- ICV No 51428
- Iconographic Collection 44095i
- xy25ccc5
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:58:53.285Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:58:53.285Z