A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
- Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
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- 45072i
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A singerie: a monkey-barber is trimming the whiskers of a cat. Left, a monkey-surgeon is treating the injured foot of another monkey. Another monkey with a wound on its head is being brought in for treatment
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 32.5 x 45.7 cm
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A painting of a similar subject painted on wood 16.8 x 22.2 cm, signed by David Teniers was offered for sale at Christie's, New York, 4 October 2007, lot 4. It differed in detail from the present composition and omitted the figures in the left background
Reference
Wellcome Collection 45072i
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