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Watercolour of a barber-surgeon in a red hat working on a seated patient's head in a room lined with jars and bottles.

A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.

A bearded man in a red hat and coat leans over a seated patient in a wooden chair, holding a small instrument near the patient's head. Shelves of glass jars and bottles, a skull on a table, a wicker basket and a dark drape fill the vaulted room, rendered in watercolour with warm tones.

Artist
Maton, Bartholomaeus, 1643 or 1646-
Date
1787
Medium
Allegorical paintings Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2994 × 4000 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Español: Cirujano barbero extrayendo piedras de la cabeza de un paciente, símbolo de la locura

Un hombre barbudo con sombrero y abrigo rojos se inclina sobre un paciente sentado en una silla de madera, sosteniendo un pequeño instrumento cerca de su cabeza. Estantes con frascos y botellas de vidrio, una calavera sobre una mesa, una canasta de mimbre y una cortina oscura llenan la sala abovedada, pintada en acuarela de tonos cálidos.

Português: Cirurgião-barbeiro removendo pedras da cabeça de um paciente, símbolo da loucura

Um homem barbudo de chapéu e casaco vermelhos debruça-se sobre um paciente sentado em uma cadeira de madeira, segurando um pequeno instrumento perto da cabeça dele. Prateleiras com potes e garrafas de vidro, uma caveira sobre a mesa, um cesto de vime e um cortinado escuro preenchem a sala abobadada, pintada em aquarela com tons quentes.

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