Sujet

The Doctor's Visit, 1667. Creator: Frans van Mieris I.

Légende

The Doctor's Visit, 1667. Additional Info: In the foreground of this minutely detailed painting, a maid attempts to revive an elegant young woman who has fainted. In the background, a doctor examines a vial of the woman's urine. The dandyish doctor, whose ostentatious clothing suggests that he is a quack, was a stock figure in contemporary theater, and his inclusion here adds a touch of buffoonery. An erotic painting hangs above the fireplace, hinting that the woman suffers from lovesickness. A crying girl seen in the right background holds a burning ribbon, which was understood at the time as a symbol of pregnancy.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A63_157

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,1Mo (1,8Mo) / 29,9cm x 42,0cm / 3529 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe standing female women woman people male job man men health medicine historical fashion panel sitting arts painting figure figures science art guy occupation Netherlands Dutch color scene illness dress Baroque depiction century doctor profession vial ill pregnant pregnancy artwork fashionable concept faint seated APPAREL physician servant 17th century maid quack Arched Unwell Colour fainted golden age fainting dandy servants culture history historic seventeenth century quack doctor quack medicine quack remedy TGN Frans the Elder container Baroque Era Dutch Golden Age Mieris Frans van Frans van Mieris I Frans van Mieris the Elder Quackery Painting Heritage Art Francis Mieris Low Countries clothing & dress fashion & clothing Mieris Frans I van Panel painting Frans van Mieris (I) Mieris I Frans van