M0007699: A woman laying eggs with small children hatching

Photograph of a framed oil painting depicting a woman laying eggs from which small children are hatching out with another woman stirring a pot in the foreground. A caption attached to the frame titles the work 'Grotesque' and attributes the work to the Spanish School, c.1650, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 31st October 1940 (P2512/1940).

26th February 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P2512/1940

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.