Barber Extracting a Tooth is an oil-on-panel genre painting by Adriaen van Ostade, dated ca. 1630–1635, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.[1]
| Barber Extracting a Tooth | |
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| Artist | Adriaen van Ostade |
| Year | 1630–1635 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 34 cm × 41.3 cm (13 in × 16.3 in) |
| Location | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
It shows a village barber surgeon pulling out a villager's tooth. Typically for the artist, the scene is illuminated from a window on the left,[2] whilst the right remains in shadow.[3] A set of scissors on the wall refers to the man's trade as a barber.
References
edit- ^ "artehistoria.jcyl.es" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "museodelprado.es" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ (in Spanish) VV. AA. (2005). Museos del Mundo, Kunsthistorisches, Viena. Pág. 138. Planeta de Agostini. ISBN 84-674-2006-5