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The painting has a Spanish provenance and may be by a Spanish hand. The composition, here much enlarged, is that of one of Boilly's lithographs, number five in the series called 'Grimaces'. However, the man in the feathered hat facing rightwards at the top of the present painting is not shown in Boilly's lithograph: there the head of a boy or girl facing left appears instead. The man does not appear in exactly the same form in any of Boilly's other compositions, but a man with the same physiognomy but a different hat appears in the same position (i.e. top, facing right) in Boilly's lithograph 'Les fumeurs et les priseurs', also in the series 'Grimaces'.
Title
A Woman Examines Another Woman's Sore Eye, While a Man and Other Women Stand By
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91.5 x W 72.6 cm
Accession number
44683i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome in Seville, 1928
Work type
Painting
Wellcome Collection
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