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Doctor's Visit
by Jan Steen
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Jan Steen completed this comic scene of a doctor visiting a "lovesick" patient. The physician examines the young woman while others look on with knowing amusement.
The doctor's visit was a popular comic theme in Dutch painting. This work is at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
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About Doctor's Visit
You can see it at State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jan Steen created it. Jan Steen painted this comic scene of a doctor visiting a "lovesick" patient.
Jan Steen, known for his humorous Dutch genre scenes You can see it at State Hermitage Museum. Jan Steen painted this comic scene of a doctor visiting a "lovesick" patient.
Dutch "doctor's visit" paintings typically show a doctor diagnosing a young woman who is actually lovesick or pregnant, not ill. Jan Steen played this comic scenario for maximum humor.
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