Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Le médecin malgré lui opéra-comique de Charles Gounod d'après Molière.
Contributor:
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.
Contributor (Organization):
Opéra-tréteaux.
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (MeSH Term):
Medicine in Art
Subject (MeSH Term):
Pulse
Publication Information:
[Orléans, France] : L'opéra-tréteaux, [19--]
Publication Country:
France
Copyright Statement:
This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
Order No.:
A024858
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : col. ; 60 x 34 cm.
Image Description:
White poster with brown and black lettering announcing opera performances. Also lists dates, location, prices, phone number, sponsors, and performance directors. Title at top of poster. Central image is reproduction of Steen's painting. A doctor wearing dark pantalons and cape, a white ruff, and a top hat takes a woman's pulse. The woman is seated by a table, wearing a red jacket trimmed with white and a long gray skirt. She holds out one arm to the doctor and rests the other on a pillow. A letter dangles from her hand. She is tended by another woman, dressed in dark colors. The background suggests a comfortable home, with a curtained bed and several art works visible. All remaining text appears below the painting.
Note (General):
Picture caption: "La Malade d'Amour," Jan Steen (1660).
Language:
fre
Restrictions on Access:
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Funding Agency:
City of Paris
URL:
Call Number:
PP045386 map
Record UI:
101437772

Le médecin malgré lui opéra-comique de Charles Gounod d'après Molière.

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