M0018244: A barber or barber surgeon lancing a boil on a man's forehead, oil painting

Previous title, replaced October 2020: A barber or barber surgeon lancing a boil on a man's forehead

Photograph of an oil painting in the 17th century Dutch school by an unidentified artiset showing a barber surgeon lancing a boil on a man's forehead, or removing a folly-stone. When the photograph was made the painting was in the possession of a Mr. Swain.

September 1960

2 photographs glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 11.5 x 14.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.