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A tooth-drawer in his practice extracting a tooth from a seated patient who is surrounded by friends and family holding candles. Engraving by D.J. Pound after G. van Honthorst.

A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting after Gerrit Honthorst.

A tooth-drawer in his practice extracting a tooth from a seated patient who is surrounded by friends and family holding candles. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. van Honthorst.

A dinner party: a young man plays the lute while a young woman puts a piece of meat into the mouth of the man at the head of the table. Etching by Vivant Denon, 1793, after G. Honthorst.

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Honthorst, Gerrit van, 1592-1656

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A tooth-drawer in his practice extracting a tooth from a seated patient who is surrounded by friends and family holding candles. Engraving by D.J. Pound after G. van Honthorst.

A tooth-drawer in his practice extracting a tooth from a seated patient who is surrounded by friends and family holding candles. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. van Honthorst.

A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting after Gerrit Honthorst.

A dinner party: a young man plays the lute while a young woman puts a piece of meat into the mouth of the man at the head of the table. Etching by Vivant Denon, 1793, after G. Honthorst.