A physician pointing to a chamber pot. Line engraving by R. Nanteuil.

  • Nanteuil, Robert, 1623-1678.
Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
7721i
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Supposed by some to be a portrait of Guy Patin. According to Robert-Dumesnil the print is an adaptation of a portrait of a bishop of Le Mans

Publication/Creation

1600-1699

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1 print

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Le bassin. De ce mets précieux goûte, friand docteur, / De son odeur, de son saveur / Tire d'infaillibles présages. / Voi si ton art aura promptement procuré / Des des profundis au curé, / Avec qui gaiement tu partages. R. Nanteuil faciebat.

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2248.8
A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le peintre-graveur franc̦ais, vol. 4, Paris 1839, pp. 57, 65, no. 35, state IV

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Wellcome Collection 7721i

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