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Painting
The Doctor's Visit
Attributed to Hendrick Heerschop, 1620 - 1672
Heerschop, Hendrick
Netherlands
1620 - 1672
Male
17 x 14 1/4 in. (43.2 x 36.2 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1660
1655
1665
1600-1800, 17th century, doctors, health & hygiene, men, paintings, women
Painting
In this picture, a doctor dramatically examines a flask of urine as he takes his patient’s pulse. The setting is the young woman’s bedchamber; she droops with exhaustion as the physician seeks a diagnosis. A second woman, her hand placed jauntily on her hip, leans between them.
The role of the characters in this painting would have been easily understood in the prosperous world of 17th -century Holland. The satirical subject of the quack doctor (suggested here by his dramatic posturing and costume) who claimed he could identify all sorts of illnesses by looking at a patient’s urine was a favorite theme in both theater and painting. There are also moral overtones in the portrayal of the patient and the demeanor of her companion—scenes of fainting women usually referred to lovesickness, erotic melancholy or pregnancy.
[Gallery label text, 2005]
back of panelback of panel, Torn at right edge, partly illegible
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/20/2001
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