Physicians in Arclada; Jesuits shorn by a toll collector in Golkonda
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Representation in two parts. Left the healers in the province of Arclada in India. In the foreground it is depicted how some healers make music, sing and dance until one of them is possessed by the devil and falls to the ground. The man who becomes possessed can tell what a sick person is suffering from. Behind them we see how the healers make an offering to an image of a Hindu god asking if this god can cure the sick person. As atonement several goats are slaughtered. The tent of the sick man is incensed. In the background a thanksgiving feast at a god's image. On the right foreground a man (according to the text a Jesuit) is being shaved by a barber, in the presence of some Dutchmen. In the background the king of Golkonda and his court. With a legend in French and Dutch. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description