M0007644: A physician taking a woman's pulse

Previous title, replaced May 2020: A physician taking the pulse. Oil painting after Jan Steen.

Photograph of a framed oil painting, after Jan Steen, of a physician taking a woman's pulse. A caption attached to the frame titles the work 'The Visit to the Doctor' and attributes the work to B. Brakenburg, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 10th January 1940 (P71/1940). Related images: V0017281

22 January 1941

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 11.4 x 10.3 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 44729i; Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P71/1940

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.