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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity). Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity). Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.

Lucas van Leyden

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