THE TOOTH PULLER (Dutch School) Engraved by Aloys Kesler after an original painting by Gerard Dou, with an intermediary drawing by Gianni. Published in 1805. Hand coloured.

THE TOOTH PULLER (Dutch School)

An original engraving from 1805, with hand colouring, probably later, after and original oil poainting by Gerard Dou, now hanging in the Louvre.

Engraved by Aloys Kesler, with an intermediary drawing by Gianni.

The image shows an interior with a peasant man sitting back in a chair while a dentist pulls one of his teeth, a basket with eggs standing at his feet (probably the payment for the dentist), and a cabinet in the backgrou

Gerrit Dou, also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l’œil “niche” paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro.