Operation for Stones in the Head

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Operation for Stones in the Head

c. 1600

Claes Jansz. Weydtmans (Dutch, c. 1570–1642)

Some early quacks took advantage of the popular saying that someone suffering from mental disease had "rocks in his head," and offered a cure by feigning the removal of the troublesome stony matter. The caption reads (translated): "Come, run, be filled with joy. Here we are cutting the woman of her stone."

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Object Details

Title:

Operation for Stones in the Head
"Come, run, be filled with joy. Here we are cutting the woman of her stone."

Date:

c. 1600

Artist:

Claes Jansz. Weydtmans (Dutch, c. 1570–1642)

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Sheet: 5 13/16 x 4 13/16 inches (14.7 x 12.2 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-1030

Geography:

Made in Netherlands, Europe

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