A woman removes headlice from the head of a man. Coloured mezzotint.

  • Brouwer, Adriaen, 1605 or 1606-1638.
Date:
[between 1700 and 1799?]
Reference:
584841i
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Description

A seated woman, right, delouses a seated man, centre, who holds a clay pipe, while behind stands a man who looks into an upturned pitcher. Right, an apprentice at work makes a gesture. Possibly an allegory of cuckoldry

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 print : mezzotint, with watercolour, on glass ; glass 20.9 x 21.4 cm

Contributors

Creator/production credits

Possibly after a work by A. Brouwer or after a work in his style, though not found in H. Scholz, Brouwer invenit, Marburg ca. 1986

Reference

Wellcome Collection 584841i

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