The Doctor’s Visit
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Jan Steen, who actually ran a tavern for years, brings his signature rowdy humor to this quiet bedroom scene. The woman in bed looks less like she's dying and more like she's suffering from 'lovesickness'—a very popular diagnosis in 17th-century Dutch art. Meanwhile, the doctor seems completely distracted by the maid offering him a glass of wine, suggesting that the 'cure' might involve more drinking than medicine!
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Material
- Canvas
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