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The Quack Doctor

Benjamin Gerritz Cuyp

The pseudo-practitioner is operating on the scalp of his unfortunate patient, whose countenance betrays great alarm and excitement, a dwarf attendant shuts his eyes to the disagreeable scene, while a cloaked and hooded female looks on with great composure.

Credit: Bequeathed by William Euing, 1874

1645

Oil on panel

457.0 x 381.0 mm

407

Images and text: CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection, 2025

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