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| Title | A Surgeon Extracting a Tooth | |
| Collection | Wellcome Library | |
| Artist | Attributed to after Flemish School Previously attributed to Teniers, David, I (Flemish painter, 1582-1649) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly 1660 | |
| Date Latest | possibly 1750 | |
| Description | 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 by or after the Flemish seventeenth-century artist, David Teniers I who is known for his scenes of this subject. | |
| Current Accession Number | 44623i | |
| Former Accession Number | P 76/1940 | |
| Subject | figure; interior; everyday life; still life | |
| Measurements | 22.5 x 30.5 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Henry Solomon Wellcome 1936. | |
| Provenance | Sale, Foster, London, 21 March 1923, lot 175, as The Dentist by 'Teniers', panel, 6 guineas; in the collection of Henry Solomon Wellcome, 21 March 1923. | |
| Notes | The no. '231' is on the reverse. This work is loosely based on a painting by Teniers in the Manchester City Art Gallery. The composition and use of certain objects are similar. | |
| Rights Owner | (c) The Wellcome Trust | |
| Author | Dr Madeleine Korn | |