The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal sick people. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

  • Panderen, Egbert van, 1581-1637?
Date:
[1609?]
Reference:
23858i
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Description

The angel representing the medical practitioner holds a beaker of medicine. On the left, in the background the physician takes the patient's pulse, a maid brings food, the patient leans on his elbow, and a maid makes a decoction by the fire; in the foreground, medical books and a urine flask. On the right, in the background the surgeon treats the patient's head-wound; in the foreground, surgical instruments including a drill

Publication/Creation

[Antwerp?] : Hugo Allardt excud, [1609?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 29 x 36.2 cm

Lettering

<Greek> Hē tou theou cheir. <Roman> Paulum ubi convaluit; paulum de numine nostro cessit ... Tis eines Engels werck, te weeren swaer ghequel. Bears lettering: <Greek> Hē tou theou cheir. <Roman> Paulum ubi convaluit; paulum de numine nostro / cessit, et in nostris auribus ista sonant: / tu cœlo nobis demissus es angelus alto, / præmia quæ vestri et quanta laboris erunt? Vnd wan die kranckheit sich vnd schmertz zu bessern pflegen, / Auch dan furgeht mein lob: Meister sagen sie dann, / Gleich einen engel Godts, verdient ihr grossen seghen, / Vns gsind durch euwer hulf, frolockt fur ÿderman, / Nachdem ihr hie ins hauss, ghekömmen seÿt auss gunst, / So nimbt er täglich zu, in g'suntheit ohne sorghen, / Vor seine heiling wir, nit mehr vns sörchten sunst, / Es ist eins engels werck, z'heilen kranckheit verborgen. / Als nu de sieckt en pijn, beginnen wat te dalen, / Daelt mijne eere oock; O Meester, seggen sij / Als eenen engel Godts, verdrijft ghij onse qualen; / Dit huijs door uwe help, nu levet end' is blij, / De crancke naer dat ghij, in huijs hier zijt ghecome<n> / Neemt alle daghe toe: de saecke ghaet seer wel. / Voor sijn ghenesingh wij, niet meer en derve<n> sckrome<n>, / Tis eines engels werck, te weeren swaer ghequel. Bears number: 2

Edition

State not in Hollstein.

Notes

One print in a set of four. Four other sets on the same subject are also recorded: see C.E. Daniels, "Docteurs et malades", Janus, vol. 5, 1900, pp. 20-26

References note

F.W.H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts, vol. VII, Amsterdam [19--], p. 97, nos 7-10 (set of four)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 23858i

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