Full Record |
| Title |
A Fat Man Pointing to a Woman with her Hands Clasped |
| Alternative Title |
The Dentist |
| Collection |
Wellcome Library |
| Artist |
Attributed to studio of Huys, Pieter (early Netherlandish painter, printmaker, ca.1519-1584) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly about 1565 |
| Date Latest |
possibly 1650 |
| Description |
A fat man is pointing to a woman with her hands clasped. In his hand is a surgical instrument which may have been added at a later date. The painting is attributed as being by an associate of of Pieter Huys, an early Netherlandish painter and print maker, who was part of a circle of painters who imitated the 'fantastic' images created by the artist Hieronymus Bosch. |
| Current Accession Number |
47454i |
| Subject |
figure; interior |
| Measurements |
21.9 x 33.7 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Henry Solomon Wellcome 1936. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
XVIIth International Congress of Medicine, Wigmore St, London, 1913. |
| Publications |
XVIIth International Congress of Medicine: Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum Organized by Henry S. Wellcome (the Museum of the Section of the History of Medicine), London, 1913, cat. no. ?. |
| Notes |
Lot 162/1?' is inscribed on the reverse. Lorne Campbell, National Gallery, London, suggests Quintin Jan Massys as the possible artist. Witt mounts show that Huys did paint a number of groups and single figures with their mouths shown open as in this example. The handling of the drapery is not identical but would be in line with a studio work. David Jaffe of the National Gallery, London preferred the artist Adriaen Brouwer but the characterisation of the faces is very different. |
| Rights Owner |
(c) The Wellcome Trust |
| Author |
Dr Madeleine Korn |
