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Der Zahnbrecher

HC.J.16.X.28

R. Ottemara (Artist), Jacob after Gole, Andries after Both

Oil painting on panel. After a copper-plate engraving by Jacob Gole (c. 1660-1737) from an etching by Andries Both (c. 1612-c. 1650). The artist R. Ottemara has modified the scene by reversing the figures and painting a slightly altered setting. The patient's his distressed wife and child and several other spectators watch the tooth-drawer perform a painful operation. On the wall, a rack of dental instruments is visble.

Twentieth century, early