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The Sick Woman
Faint from fever, the young woman rests her head on a pillow. Is she perhaps lovesick? Is she pregnant? To find out, a quack would put a strip of his patient’s clothing in a brazier to smoulder – the scent would disclose her secret. Jan Steen here presents such a charlatan making a diagnosis. His old-fashioned attire characterizes him as a comic character.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/49G2
- http://iconclass.org/49G311
- http://iconclass.org/49G1
- http://iconclass.org/42A132
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/49G2
- http://iconclass.org/49G311
- http://iconclass.org/49G1
- http://iconclass.org/42A132
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1663 - c.1666
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5505
- SK-C-230
Extent
- height 76 cm
- width 63.5 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:51.298Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:23.499Z