Barber Extracting a Tooth

Barber Extracting a Tooth
Barber Extracting a Tooth
Artist	Adriaen van Ostade
Year	1630–1635
Medium	oil on panel
Dimensions	34 cm × 41.3 cm (13 in × 16.3 in)
Location	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Barber Extracting a Tooth is an oil-on-panel genre painting by Adriaen van Ostade, dated ca. 1630–1635, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.[1]

It shows a village barber pulling out a villager's tooth. Typically for the artist, the scene is illuminated from a window on the left,[2] whilst the right remains in shadow.[3] A set of scissors on the wall refers to the man's trade as a barber.

References

"artehistoria.jcyl.es" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
"museodelprado.es" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
(in Spanish) VV. AA. (2005). Museos del Mundo, Kunsthistorisches, Viena. Pág. 138. Planeta de Agostini. ISBN 84-674-2006-5

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[1] "artehistoria.jcyl.es" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

[2] "museodelprado.es" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[3] (in Spanish) VV. AA. (2005). Museos del Mundo, Kunsthistorisches, Viena. Pág. 138. Planeta de Agostini. ISBN 84-674-2006-5