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Painting of two haloed saints in red robes performing surgery on a sleeping man in a curtained bed, with a kneeling attendant holding a candle, in a gilded frame.

A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.

A gilded Gothic-style panel shows two haloed saints in red robes bending over a sleeping man in a curtained bed, while a kneeling attendant in white holds a candle. A dark-skinned leg lies on the bed beside a bare white leg, and a robed figure at right tends the operation under a carved arch.

Artist
Master of Los Balbases (Painter in Burgos), active approximately 1495.
Date
[1495?]
Medium
Oil paintings Altarpieces Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3245 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1505.
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

Español: Santos Cosme y Damián realizando un trasplante de pierna, óleo ca. 1495

Un panel de estilo gótico con marco dorado muestra a dos santos con aureola y túnicas rojas inclinados sobre un hombre dormido en una cama con cortinas. Un asistente arrodillado de blanco sostiene una vela, mientras una pierna oscura descansa junto a una pierna blanca desnuda.

Português: Santos Cosme e Damião realizando transplante de perna, óleo ca. 1495

Um painel em estilo gótico com moldura dourada mostra dois santos com auréola e mantos vermelhos debruçados sobre um homem adormecido numa cama com cortinas. Um auxiliar ajoelhado de branco segura uma vela, enquanto uma perna escura repousa ao lado de uma perna branca nua.

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