Physician Bleeding a Patient with Leeches

• 17th century
• David Teniers II, Dutch
• 33 x 25 in.
  Oil on canvas
• Not on display
• Gift of Roy Eddleman
• Eddleman Collection
• FA 2000.003.022
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

In a clean workshop sits a man in a blue frock holding his leg bent as a doctor kneeling before him places a leech on his foot. A woman in red and a young assistant observe the treatment. In the right foreground are three large vessels, and in the background is a small fire.