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Oil painting: A surgical operation
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Oil painting: A surgical operation

Egbert Heemskerck

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Inscribed along the lower margin of the canvas "Fr, Alexio, surgeon.", in a manner similar to the names inscribed on shop signs. This picture is however painted on canvas, unlike suspended shop signs which are usually painted on wood. Possibly used for display in the bow window of a shop? Fr, Alexio, surgeon.

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