M0006923: A woman performing cupping

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Photograph of a watercolour drawing by A Delfos, after a painting by Quiringh Gerritsz van Brekelenkam, of a woman performing cupping  This reproduction was made during the VI International Congress for the History of Medicine held in Leiden 1927 at the Exposition d'art Medico-Historique and is described as Dessin [Drawing] 61, La ventouseuse, d'après le tableau de Brekelenkam, in the exhibition catalogue. The original drawing is held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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