M0009020: Oil painting of a man at an outdoor stall examining a urine flask

Previous title, replaced October 2020: A quack examining a urine flask.

Photograph of an oil painting depicting a man at an outdoor stall examining a urine flask surrounded by several other people. The painting is thought to be by or after Jan Steen (c.1626-1679) and the photograph was taken when the painting was in the possession of Mr C. Marshall Spink.

June 1944

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 12.8 x 10.8 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.