Details

Object type

painting

Title

The Quack Doctor

Artist/Maker

Benjamin Gerritz Cuyp artist

Culture/School

Dutch

Date

1645

Materials

oil on panel

Dimensions

framed: 640 x 580 x 58 mm;unframed: 457 mm x 381 mm

Description

The pseudo-practitioner is operating on the scalp of his unfortunate patient, whose countenance betrays great alarm and excitement, a dwarf attendant shuts his eyes to the disagreeable scene, while a cloaked and hooded female looks on with great composure.

Credit Line/Donor

Bequeathed by William Euing, 1874

ID Number

407

Location

Kelvingrove Dutch Art Gallery