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A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly..., 1787 Creator: Jacob Cats.

A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly..., 1787 Creator: Jacob Cats.

3-068-289 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), 1787. Additional Info: The images of a surgeon (often itinerant) making an incision in a patient's head in order to extract 'stones' (implying madness in the individual) do not represent an actual operation, but are allegorical scenes refering to the subduction of 'folly' (madness) from the body.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Jacob Cats, attributed to: Dutch: Artist, painter
After
  1. Bartholomeus Maton: Dutch: Artist, painter
Medium
  1. Watercolour
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits

Society & Culture Sickness & Disease

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3812x4960
File Size : 55,394kb

Aliases

  1. 21154i
  1. 1290000675
  1. 21154i
  1. 3-068-289
  1. 3068289
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