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A contrast between the stout medical practitioner and the frail patient. Possibly a composition by Steen, greatly enlarged and coarsened by a later painter for popular amusement.
Title
A Medical Practitioner Examining the Urine and Taking the Pulse of an Elderly Man
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 75.6 x W 62.5 cm
Accession number
44725i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936
Work type
Painting
Wellcome Collection
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