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Allegory on the art of medicine.
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Allegory on the art of medicine.

Romeyn de Hooghe · 1650 - 1708 · etching; engraving; paper; chalk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegory on medicine. In the middle woman who flips in book and holds pen at head that is cut in half. Right man who looks at book (or illustrates) with image of cross-section of the head. Behind him man on sickbed with a urine-observing doctor. In background round classical building.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printmedicine, medical science
Credit lineAllegorie op de geneeskunst. 1650 - 1708. Romeyn de Hooghe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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