Allegories of Caring for the Body and Neglecting the Soul
An engraving shows a bearded physician holding a glass flask to the light while an attendant stands by a bed where a sick patient lies. A fireplace, a canopied bed and a table with vessels fill the room, and two lines of Latin and Dutch verse run along the lower margin.
- Artist
- Gillis van Breen (mentioned on object)
- Date
- 1595-1610
- Medium
- Source
- Rijksmuseum
- Size
- 2773 × 4000 px
Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1610.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam