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  • A physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
  • A medical practitioner examining the urine and taking the pulse of an elderly man. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Steen.
  • A medical practitioner taking a lady's pulse. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Havickz. Steen.
  • A surgeon removing "pierres de tête". Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A physician taking the pulse. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).
  • A physician taking a young woman's pulse, her mother is standing behind them, a basket for a urine flask is on the floor. Collotype after J. Steen.
  • A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.
  • A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.
  • A physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A family group inside their cottage with a meal being served by the mother and a dog upsetting a cooking pot. Mezzotint after Jan Steen.
  • A family group gathered around a fireside table singing and playing musical instruments. Engraving by Villain after Duchemin after Jan Steen.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen.
  • A woman sitting on her bed while dressing herself; a dog sleeps next to her, a pair of shoes are strewn across the floor in front of her, and a musical instrument, skull, book and a flower lay in the doorway to the room. Photogravure after J. Steen, 1663.
  • A surgeon removing "pierres de tête". Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A surgeon removing "pierres de tête". Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A physician taking the pulse. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A surgeon removing "pierres de tête". Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A physician taking the pulse. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A medical practitioner examining the urine and taking the pulse of an elderly man. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Steen.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen, with a mirror below.
  • A physician taking the pulse. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A medical practitioner taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Havickz. Steen.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen.
  • A medical practitioner examines the urine and takes the pulse of a woman, while another man gives her advice. Oil painting in the manner of Jan Steen.
  • A physician writing a prescription for a sick young woman. Oil painting after Jan Steen.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a lovesick girl. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen.
  • An alchemist. Oil painting after Jan Havicksz. Steen, with a mirror below.