The Physician

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Article ID DB0652

Title

The Physician

Description

The Physician (1653) by Gerrit Dou. The image of a doctor holding up a flask of urine to the light for evaluation came to represent the practice of medicine, or physic, in medical art from the earliest woodcuts, and continued into the eighteenth century.

Year

ca. 1830

Artist

Langer (1772-1841)

Dimensions (cm)13 x 10
ConditionMinor browning
Coloringcolored
TechniqueSteel engraving

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12.00 €

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