Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A surgeon operates on the eye of an old man who is covered in ulcers, representing vice, while allegories of Time and Minerva look on. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 1672.
A surgeon operates on the eye of an old man who is covered in ulcers, representing vice, while allegories of Time and Minerva look on. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 1672.
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A surgeon operates on the eye of an old man who is covered in ulcers, representing vice, while allegories of Time and Minerva look on. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 1672.

Otho van Veen · 1672

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: La guérison de l'am̂e est la plus nécessaire.

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