Full Record |
| Title |
A Surgeon Extracting a Tooth |
| Alternative Title |
A Dental Operation |
| Collection |
Wellcome Library |
| Artist |
Unknown |
| Date Earliest |
about 1780 |
| Date Latest |
possibly 1900 |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
A surgeon is extracting a tooth in a room of a blacksmith. Dentists, like doctors, were often seen as quacks and tooth pulling was often a fairground attraction. This follows the popular seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish tradition of scenes from everyday life in which the profession of medicine and dentistry was often lampooned. The work may be after the Flemish seventeenth-century artist, David Teniers I who is known for his scenes of this subject. |
| Current Accession Number |
44617i |
| Former Accession Number |
P 390/1939 |
| Subject |
figure; interior; still life; everyday life |
| Measurements |
20.2 x 17.3 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on metal |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Henry Solomon Wellcome 1936. |
| Notes |
The accession card calls the painting A Dental Operation. There is a no '581' on the reverse. |
| Rights Owner |
(c) The Wellcome Trust |
| Author |
Dr Madeleine Korn |
