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Painting of an unconscious young man in a striped robe, an older woman holding a cloth to his nose, and a bearded man in a red cap watching at left.

Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell)

Oil painting of a young man slumped back with closed eyes in a pink and yellow striped robe, while an elderly woman leans in and holds a white cloth near his nose. A bearded man in a red cap with a gold chain watches from the left beside shelves of jars and instruments.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1624
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2500 × 3026 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1624; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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