The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 16.2 x 19.7 cm

[Iatros pollōn antaxios allōn] ; iamq[ue] machaonia m[a]gis et magis arte levatus, / cum sedet ante focum, progrediturve tripes. / O homo, non frustra tantos subiisse labores / nosces; quod restat tu modo tolle malum ; HG excud. Greek lettering in upper-case, centre of bottom margin; two couplets in Latin, one on each side of the Greek

The third in a series of four allegorical prints depicting the physician as God, angel, man and devil. Four other series on the same subject are also recorded: see C.E. Daniels, "Docteurs et malades", Janus, vol. 5, 1900, pp. 20-26

F.W.H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, vol. VII, Amsterdam [19--], p. 97, nos 7-10 (set of four)

Wellcome Collection 566165i