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Line engraving of a surgeon treating an old seated man's eye while a helmeted woman with a scroll and a winged figure with a scythe look on.

A surgeon operates on the eye of an immoral old man, while the efforts of Time and Minerva to cure his inner corruption are rebuffed. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 16--.

A line engraving shows a seated old man in a robe having his eye treated by a surgeon who presses a tool to his face. A helmeted woman holding a scroll and a winged, scythe-bearing figure stand nearby, while a draped curtain and tiled floor frame the scene.

Artist
Otto van Veen
Date
1672
Medium
Allegorical prints Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3228 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1672.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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