A young man with an ulcerated face. Lithograph after H. Holbein.

  • Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543.
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5451i
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"Formerly the ulcers on the face of the young men were thought to be due to leprosy, now the traditional opinon is that they are syphilitic lesions. Dr. [A.J.] Duggan suggested pemphigus" (note by Dr Renate Burgess)

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Wien [Vienna] : Verlag von Ferd. Schenk

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 19.9 x 14.8 cm

Lettering

Oberdeutsche Schule. German school. École Allemande. Hans Holbein d. Ä. ... Der Aussätzige. The leprous. Le lépreux. Sammlung A. v. Lanna, Prag. Bears number lower right: "1125"

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Wellcome Collection 5451i

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After a drawing in black and grey ink, and black, red, yellow, and white chalks by Hans Holbein the Younger, which was acquired in 1949 by the Fogg Art Museum at Cambridge, Massachusetts

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