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An elderly man with a white beard and a fur-trimmed hat is seated, centre, directed towards a table, left, on which he rests a large book. On the table are a globe (apparently a celestial globe) and some drug jars. The suggestion is that he is a savant or would-be savant with an interest in medicine and astral sciences. There are six drug jars on the left and four on the right. The drug jars are similar to those in a painting sold as by Heemskerck at Sotheby's on 6 July 2004, lot 483, signed 'E. H. K.', in which there are six on the left and three on the right.
Title
An Apothecary
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
H 28.5 x W 37.5 cm
Accession number
44602i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936
Work type
Painting
Wellcome Collection
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