Der Zahnbrecher
HC.J.16.X.65
Photo-lithograph by Franz Hanfstaengl (1804-1877), lithographic printer. After the oil painting by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656) of 1622, the favorite court painter to the Princes of Orange. His choicest works were executed in cellars by candles or torches.
In the centre of the original painting, there is a bearded bare-chested man seated on a wooden chest, and attired in a yellow jacket and red trousers. Behind him stands the tooth drawer wearing a violet jacket, in the act of extracting a right mandibular bicuspid tooth. The assistant dressed in light blue holds a lighted candle. On the left are four spectators, one of whom clutches the patient's wrist. Dental instruments hang on the wall.
Mid-19th century.
Nineteenth century, mid
