Keisnijder or the witch of Mallegem, The keisnijder or the witch of Mallegem. Among a group of fools, a quack performs an operation by the light of a lantern in which a boulder is cut from the patient's head. On the right a screaming woman sitting on the shoulders of an old woman. Right for cutting boulders into a large egg. In the background a watermill and fantastic creatures., print, print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, (mentioned on object), after design by: Pieter Bruegel (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1559, paper, engraving, height,

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