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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast.
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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly'(insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast.

Pieter Jansz Quast

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