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  • The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal sick people. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a portrait of the newly appointed Stadholder, William III Prince of Orange (subsequently William III King of England). Engraving, ca. 1672.
  • James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.
  • James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.
  • Queen Mary II. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after P. Lely, ca. 1689.
  • Queen Mary II. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after P. Lely, ca. 1689.
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
  • An old lady sitting at her dressing table mirror holding flowers, two younger women are putting feathers in her hair. Etching attributed to J. Falck after B. Strozzi.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat sick people. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • A life in 24 silhouettes of Jan Kwak, a successful quack-doctor. Process print after N. Bodenheim, c. 1900.