De zieke vrouw
c. 1663 - c. 1666
- Medium
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 76 × 63.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-108182
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.
Provenance
On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Registry history
- c. 1663 - c. 1666 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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