[The witch of Mallegem] [graphic]

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Description

Title: [The witch of Mallegem] [graphic]
Creator: Merica, Petrus a, active 16th century, printmaker
Contributor: Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569, artist.
Galle, Jan, 1600-1676, publisher.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [1559]
Publication Place: Antwerp
Publisher: Ioan Galle excudit
Description: Title and date supplied by curator.
Place of publication derived from publisher's known location.
Printmaker is also known as Pieter van der Heyden.
Print depicts the "Cure of folly," removing stones from the head.
Text in French and Dutch.
This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Folly; Stone (in the head).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 47.7 cm
Language: Dutch

Genre: Satires (Visual works)
Engravings
Material: engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Mentally ill
Mental illness
Witches
Knives
Rocks
Surgery
Traditional medicine
Mentally ill persons
Violoncellos
Crutches
Water mills
Spectators
Eggs
Owls
Subjects: Mentally ill
Mental illness
Witches
Knives
Rocks
Surgery
Traditional medicine
Mentally ill persons
Violoncellos
Crutches
Water mills
Spectators
Eggs
Owls

Access: Public
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