The Foot Operation, ca. 1636

Title

The Foot Operation

Painter

• Adriaen Brouwer

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1867

Genre

• genre

Main Motif

• operation
• foot
• man
• woman
• interior space

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
• Jan Lievens
• David Teniers the Younger
• Joos van Craesbeeck

Primary

• 49G35 operation, surgery
• 49G913 other 'operations'
• 49G2 patient, sick person
• 31D14 adult man
• 31A235 sitting figure
• 31A2255 foot
• 31D172 ugly old woman, hag

Secondary

• 41AA1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside
• 41A711(+4) table (+ wood and other phytogenic material)
• 41A733(+4) chest, coffer (+ wood and other phytogenic material)
• 41A774 container of glass: bottle, jar, vase