An allegorical figure wearing a large variety of surgical instruments including some on his head and hands. Etching after an engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1695.

  • Larmessin, Nicolas de.
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1695
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22282i
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1695

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 25.8 x 18.4 cm

Lettering

Habit de chirurgien.

Creator/production credits

According to Weigert, loc. cit., the engraving is either a posthumously published work by Nicolas de Larmessin II (1638?-1694) or, more probably, executed by his younger brother Nicolas de Larmessin III (c. 1645-1725)

References note

A. Weber, Tableau de la caricature médicale .., Paris 1936, p. 47., plate 41
Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome sixième, Paris 1973, p. 554, no. 15

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Wellcome Collection 22282i

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