A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient, his concerned wife hovers in the background. Etching after G. Dou.

  • Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.
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16460i
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The tooth-drawer's work room contains a skull, a pot plant, and a reptile hanging from the ceiling. The back of the chair on which the patient is seated has a small human head as a finial

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1 print : etching

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16460i

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