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  • A father feeding his infant while the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Etching after A. van Ostade, 1648.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
  • King Louis XIV in bed, having been told that the rumour of King William III's death was untrue, is treated by physicians and surgeons representing different nations. Etching by P. Bouttats., c. 1690.
  • King Louis XIV in bed, having been told that the rumour of King William III's death was untrue, is treated by physicians and surgeons representing different nations. Etching by P. Bouttats., c. 1690.
  • King Louis XIV in bed, having been told that the rumour of King William III's death was untrue, is treated by physicians and surgeons representing different nations. Etching by P. Bouttats., c. 1690.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Marco Aurelio Severino. Line engraving by J. Houbraken, 1724.
  • Girolamo Savonarola. Line engraving by H. Hondius.
  • Cornelis van der Ploegh. Line engraving.
  • Girolamo Savonarola. Line engraving by H. Hondius.
  • Sébastian Vaillant. Line engraving by J. Houbraken, 1727, after C. Aubriet.
  • The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H. Goudt, 1613, after A. Elsheimer, 1609.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast, 1645.
  • Lorenz Heister and Hendrik Uhlhoorn. Line engraving by P. Tanjé, 1739 after L.F.D.B. after J.M. Quinckhard.
  • Gerard Sandifort. Lithograph by J. P. Berghaus, 1848, after J. J. Eeckhout, 1837.
  • Frederik Ruysch. Line engraving after J. Wandelaar, 1723.
  • William Jacob 's Gravesande. Line engraving, 1716.
  • A large, ornate vase with figures partying carved in relief on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Sebald Justinus Brugmans. Line engraving by W. van Senus, 1829, after C. H. Hodges.
  • Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by P. Galle, 1572, after J. S. van Calcar (?).
  • Henricus Regius. Line engraving, 1654.
  • An alchemist making gold. Oil painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1665.
  • Christian Perizonius. Line engraving attributed to S. van Lamseerde, 1654.
  • Nicolaus Blancard. Line engraving after W. Eversdyck.
  • Johan van Beverwijk: he converses with Apollo about medicinal plants, while surrounded by attributes of botany, anatomy and surgery. Line engraving by C. van Dalen the younger (?) after C. de Passe the younger (?), 1656.
  • Jacob Kornelisz. Line engraving by J. C. Philips, 1743, after C. de Visscher.
  • Aurelius Cornelius Celsus. Line engraving by J. van der Spyk, 1746.