A physician or apothecary examining a flask at a casement. Oil painting by Willem Joseph Laquy, 1780.
- Laquy, Willem Joseph, 1738-1798.
- Date:
- 1780
- Reference:
- 47375i
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The man is a savant, physician or philosopher holding a urine flask up to the light in a richly decorated interior, similar to, but not continuous with, the background in the companion painting (47376i). Both paintings also have pieces of coral on a ledge in the background. Laquy may be using the urine flasks held by the man and the woman as a sexual double entendre, but the narrative seems mysterious in both pictures
Publication/Creation
1780
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 47 x 39 cm
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Companion painting to (work): A woman in a pharmacy with a urine flask and a monkey holding an empty flask at a casement. Oil painting by Willem Joseph Laquy, 1780 (?), after J. Toorenvliet, 1677. (b14658264)
Lettering
Laqui f.1760 GVI../1780
Reference
Wellcome Collection 47375i
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