The Village Barber

Maker
After Adriaen Brouwer
Date
Circa 19th Century
 Description
Barber, quack and surgeon - the village barber could do just about anything. Here he is shown operating on a patient's foot.

This replica, is after a painting by Flemish artist Adriaen Brouwer (1605-38) from circa 1631, now housed at Sammlung Pinakothek.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 19th Century
Medium
oil painting on tar and copper, varnished and framed
Measurements
37.3 x 33.7 x 5.8 cm
Accession Number
MHM01966
Credit line
Previously University of Melbourne Collection, gift of Professor Carl de Gruchy, 1974
Inscriptions
inscriptions ▫ verso, on 'University of Melbourne/M.U.P. 15823 50M 4/67' label: 'This is a copy of a painting by Adriaen BROUWER/(1605-1638) entitled <u>the Village Barber</u> (sic)./The original is in Munich Alte Pinakothek (now/called Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen)/Cat. no. 561 Measurements 31 x 40 cm./(see KNUTTEL, Gerald: <u>Adriaen Brouwer: the master/and his work</u>. The Hague, 1962./pp. 107-108 and Plate VII) ▫ label
verso, on 'University of Melbourne Collection' label: 'Unknown/ Copy of "The Village Barber"/OIL ON COPPER/N.D. 1974.14' ▫ label
donor or source details/notations/inscriptions ▫ verso: 'DEGRUCHY' ▫ tape
Object Type
artwork
models
Medical History Museum Category
Artworks and Commemorative Items
Museum
Medical History Museum

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