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Healers

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Images

  • A Zulu medicine man dancing in order to detect which one of the women seated around them has bewitched their ruler. Gouache by W.R.S. Stott, 1928.
  • Christ stands among sick people ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.
  • The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.
  • Christ cures a deaf mute man with his hands. Woodcut.
  • Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.
  • Christ heals the man with the withered hand. Etching by J. Barlow, 1813, after W.M. Craig.
  • Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.
  • Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.
  • Christ among sick people and the Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Wood engraving by H. Linton after T. Beech (?) after Rembrandt, 1649.
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Works

  • view Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.
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    Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.

    | Reference: 23716i
  • view Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.
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    Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

    | Reference: 23887i
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    Åsumspågen : en folklig sjukdomsbotare under senare delen av 1800-talet / Jan Gustafson.

    Gustafson, Jan, 1954- | Date: 1981
  • view The bowed woman cured by Christ. Engraving by J.P. Saenredam after H. Goltzius, 159- (?).
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    The bowed woman cured by Christ. Engraving by J.P. Saenredam after H. Goltzius, 159- (?).

    Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617 | Date: [between 1590 and 1599?] | Reference: 23736i
    • Books

    Steven Lihonama Lutumo : Leben und Arbeit eines traditionellen Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias ; ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin / Ruth Kutalek.

    Kutalek, Ruth | Date: 2001
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