Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The physician is seated in a chair next to a table holding a beaker of urine. A woman stands behind him and two figures hover in the doorway. In the background are shelves of syrup jars and albarelli. There are two larger vessels on the floor. Urdang attributes the painting to the Dutch painter Jacob DeWitt (1695-1754).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0076
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06256
- 1991.0664.0076.01
- 1991.0664.0076.02
- Object Name
- painting
- Other Terms
- painting; Art Objects
- Physical Description
- wood; brass; steel (overall material)
- cloth (overall material)
- oil on canvas (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in x 3 in; 52.07 cm x 46.99 cm x 7.62 cm
- overall (frame): 20 1/2 in x 18 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 52.07 cm x 47.625 cm x 6.0325 cm
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994040
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-753c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
