The Physician Considered as God, plate one from Allegories of the Medical Profession.

Prints and Drawings

1587

Unknown Artist (Dutch, active 16th century)
after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)

This anonymous engraving after Hendrick Goltzius depicts a seemingly omnipotent doctor analyzing a urine flask. The two competing paths of contemporary medicine appear in the background throughout the series. On the left, a more theoretical medical doctor attends a sickbed, while on the right, a practical surgeon tends to a man with broken limbs from a fall (the accident appears through the window). The central physician figure undergoes a transformation in plates two through four, progressing from an angel (when his patient improves slightly), to a man (when he has nearly cured his charge), and finally to a devil (when he proposes his fee).

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius
Title: The Physician Considered as God, plate one from Allegories of the Medical Profession.
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1582–1592
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 17.4 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 18.5 × 22.5 cm (7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Ira Frank
Reference Number: 1944.493
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