An Operation for Stone in the Head, illustration

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Oil painting titled An Operation for Stone in the Head. This is not a depiction of a surgical procedure, but an allegorical scene of 'folly', or madness, being removed from a patient. Painted by a follower of the 16th century artist Jan Sanders van Hemessen.

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Size: 3460px × 2525px
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Photo credit: © Wellcome Images/Science Photo Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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