A man diagnosing from a woman's urine with the aid of a book by Galen. Oil painting.
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Right, the man sits at a table, wearing a furlined banyan and hat. With his left hand he raises a flask of urine, and with his right hand makes a demonstrative gesture. Centre, a young woman who bends towards him in expectation. Right, a round table at which the man sits: it holds a volume of Galen's works, a skull, drug jars, medicine bottles, etc. Right foreground, a wicker basket of the kind used to carry urine flasks
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 31.6 x 25 cm
Lettering
The book is inscribed "Liber quartus Galeni", meaning fourth book of Galen
Creator/production credits
Possibly a composition by Jacob Toorenvliet?
Reference
Wellcome Collection 47330i
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