A Surgeon Treating a Peasant's Foot, mid-17th century photo

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20-SEP-2007	Chris Brooker

A Surgeon Treating a Peasant's Foot, mid-17th century

David Teniers the Younger

The crystal ball at the top of this paining symbolises people's vanity.
This implies that the surgeon is incompetent, and the patient a gullible fool. (K AG & M)

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/13s f/4.0 at 85.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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