A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

  • Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.
Date:
1836
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16454i
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The tooth-drawer is adorning a furry hat, in front of him are the attributes of his trade: a medicine chest, a surgeon's seal and surgeon's plate. In the background is an alligator hanging from the ceiling and various medicinal jars

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Dresden (Königl Gemälde Galerie) : Franz Hanfstaengl, 1836.

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 31.9 x 25.7 cm

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Der Zahnarzt von Gerard Dou. Das original ist in derselben grösse. Nd orginauf stein gez.v. Fr. Pecht, Dresd. 1836.

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Wellcome Collection 16454i

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