Arts die de polsslag van een kind meet
1643 - 1670
Medium
etching
Dimensions
69; 52
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 69 mm x breedte 52 mm
Art Historical Context
Willem Drost's etching *Arts die de polss van een kind meet*Physician Measuring the Pulse of a Child created between 1643 and 1670, a tender moment of medical care in the Dutch Golden Age. Drost, a talented pupil of Rembrandt, was renowned for his delicate genre scenes and portraits that blended realism with emotional depth. This intimate depiction reflects the era's growing fascination with everyday life, science, and medicine, where physicians were often portrayed as caring figures attending to the vulnerable. Measuring just 69 mm high by 52 mm wide, this small-scale etching exemplifies the...
About the Artist
Willem Drost · 1633–1659
Dutch, late 17th or early 18th century