xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 571 Panel, 6| inches by 5^ inches. Sales. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 57(18 florins, Spaan). O. W. J. Berg, Amsterdam, July 7, 1825, No. 24. 28. THE DENTIST. He operates on a peasant who shrieks with pain. A woman with her hands folded looks on. In the background, a sick man enters on crutches at a door. Accessories. Panel, 12^ inches by 16 inches. Sales. R. Rapin, Paris, March 28, 1873. Kums, Antwerp, May 17, 1898, No. 65. 29. The Man cutting for a Stone. In an interior the operator stands in front of a man, seated on a bench with a pained expression on his face, and makes an incision in his head. Behind them are several persons at a table with surgical instruments. The gestures are very expressive and artistic. Panel, about n inches by 15 inches. Sale. J. Tak, Soeterwoude, September 5, 1781, No. 44 (70 florins, Delfos). ^D. A Surgery. In a low room are five persons. A man stands, operating on the head of a peasant who sits on -a bench in front of him. A patient who has already been bandaged looks on. A fourth peasant waits to be treated. On the threshold at the back is a woman holding a lantern. On a table are surgical instruments and domestic utensils. Copper, io inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804, No. 4 (390 francs, La Roche), f ^ 30*7. An Operation on the Head. In front of a niche a quack operates on a peasant's head. Spirited in treatment. Panel, io| inches by 8| inches. Sal&. Amsterdam, June II, 1861, No. 27 (3 florins 10, Ten Bosch). 30^. An Operation on the Arm. In a room a surgeon binds up the arm of a peasant, whose face is drawn with pain. Both sit at a table on which are two bottles and a pot of embers. Panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 7, 1776, No. 30 (16 florins 10).
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30^. An Operation on the Arm. In a surgery with various accessories a peasant, who suffers great pain, has his arm bandaged. A man looks on at the side. A fine and spirited picture. Copper, 12 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 7, 1803, No. 25 (13 florins 5). ^3*. An Operation on the Arm. A surgeon binds a man's arm ; another man looks on. The characters are very well rendered. The whole scene is powerfully treated in a loose style. This is one of Brouwer's finest pictures. Canvas on panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. J. A. Dam, Dordrecht, June I, 1829, No. 20 (100 florins, bought in).
