? / 574 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. 39. AN OPERATION ON THE FOOT. On the right, a screaming man sits on a chair in a three-quarter view to the left. His left foot rests on a wooden block ; he supports his left leg with both hands. In the right foreground stand two large earthenware flasks with the openings connected. The man's shoe lies on the floor in front. On the left, the village surgeon, wearing a white apron and a high cap trimmed with fur, kneels on the floor. He holds the patient's foot in his left hand and with the right pulls off a plaster from the instep. On a wooden table in the left foreground is a square glass bottle. At another wooden table in the middle distance a woman prepares a plaster. Near the table to the left an old man in a grey felt hat leans on a stick and watches the operation. A peasant enters at a half-opened door in the right background. It is dark grey in tone, still with a great deal of colour. Panel, 16 inches by 12^ inches. In the collection of Count Schonborn-Buchheim, Vienna, No. 69. 40. A Surgeon bandaging a Peasant's Foot. In the collection of Sir Robert Walpole. Sale. Strawberry Hill, near London, April 25, 184.2, No. 6 (6 : 6s., Earl of Derby). Tfc-i. An Operation on the Foot. In an interior a surgeon cuts out a corn from the bare foot of a man. At the back are a man, woman, and child. Canvas, 26| inches by 22 inches. Safe. Amsterdam, March 18, 1875, No. 12 (300 florins, Steffelaar). 41 a. An Operation on the Foot. A quack binds up a peasant's foot. Engraved by Mariette. 41 b. An Operation on the Foot. A village surgeon binds up a peasant's foot. Behind them is a woman at a little desk. [Pendant to 172.] Engraved by A. Schlicht. "4~2. THE QUACK. He wears a yellow cap with a gay plume, a slashed yellow doublet, and dark brown breeches with yellow stripes. He offers his medicines to the large crowds surrounding him. Formerly described as a copy after A. van Ostade, but undoubtedly an early Brouwer. The light purple and bright red tones in the costumes are very characteristic. Panel, 18 inches by 20 inches. In the Mannheim Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 242. 42^. A Droll Surgery. Death operates on the surgeon while he operates on a peasant. Sale. J. Enschede, Haarlem, May 30, 1786, No. 51. 42^. At the Village Surgeon's. He operates on a sick man. Many accessories.
