A man's body receiving the ministrations of a healer. Drawing attributed to Pieter de Jode I.

  • Jode, Pieter de, 1573-1634.
Date:
[1600?]
Reference:
46936i
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Religious and surgical episodes in the life of a man.
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A man's body receiving the ministrations of a healer. Drawing attributed to Pieter de Jode I. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man sits on a couch, his trunk supported by bolsters. He clasps his hands and presses his right foot against the instep of his left foot in pain. A surgeon or other healer performs a manual operation (not depicted) near the man's groin

Publication/Creation

[1600?]

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and brown ink and brown wash ; image 5.4 x 4.1 cm

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One of three or more drawings from a set showing religious and surgical episodes in the life of a man. For two other drawings see the Wellcome Library catalogue nos. 46935i and 46937i

Reference

Wellcome Collection 46936i

Creator/production credits

Attributed by Mr Nicholas Turner, 1999, to an Italian hand, possibly Tuscan, ca. 1600. Four drawings apparently by the same hand were offered for sale at Christie's Amsterdam, 10 November 1999, lot 307, as by Pieter de Jode I: they show worshippers praying by the tomb of a saint and saints blessing and praying

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