A surgeon extracting a tooth from the mouth of a young man while a young woman picks the patient's purse. Engraving by L. van Leyden, 1523.

  • Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533.
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1523
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33472i
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The depiction of the patient was praised by Karel van Mander in 1604 for its rendering of the expression of pain: K. van Mander, Het schilder-boeck, Haarlem 1604, fol. 214

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1523.

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1 print : engraving ; image 11.7 x 7.5 cm

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1523 L

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Leipzig, 1854-1870, vol. 7, p. 211, no. 157

Reference

Wellcome Collection 33472i

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