An apothecary (a man using pestle and mortar). Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 18th century.

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 98.5 x 82.2 cm

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/15/64

The painter has not been identified but is assumed to be Spanish, 18th century. A general comparison has been made with the work of Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio (1640-1693/1698), for instance his painting of two boys playing pitch and toss, in Leicester Museum and Art Gallery

Wellcome Collection 44594i