Oct 09, 2003 - Sale 1979

Sale 1979 - Lot 366

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(DOU, GERARD.) Kessler, Aloys. The Tooth Puller [L'Arracheur de Dents]. Engraving by Kessler of drawing by Gianni after painting by Dou. 465x340 mm; hinged to mat. early 19th century
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Tooth extraction was a popular subject in 17th-century Dutch genre painting. This engraving is based on a work now in the Louvre by the Leiden artist Dou (1613-75), who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Proskauer (1926), pages 55 and 192.