De chirurgijn Jacob Fransz Hercules en zijn gezin

Heemskerck, Egbert van (1634 or 1635-1704)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1669

Height:

70.0 cm  (27 9/16 in.)

Width:

59.0 cm  (23 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Additional titles

Description

The painting depicts members of the family of the barbar-surgeon Jacob Fransz Hercules and other people at Hercules' home. Jacob Franzs Hercules is shown while letting blood from his brother's arm, Thomas Hercules. The boy who is collecting the blood is Jacob's son, Thomas. At the right corner is Jacob's wife, Anna Jans ter Borgh, depicted. She is sitting on a platform that protects against the cold. At her side are Jacob's other children shown: Frans and Francijntie. Above Anna is a painting hanging on the wall, depicting an anatomy lesson. Above the door hangs an oval painting, showing Hercules, the family's surname. In the background of the room an apprentice is shaving a customer. Two other people are waiting their turn and one man is entering the doorway. Next to the door on the right side hangs a violin and a bow, representing that Jacob Fransz Hercules was not only a physician but also a well-known music lover and art collector.

People as subjects

Hercules, Jacob Fransz (ca. 1625-1708) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Bonjer, H. Jaap, and Hajo A. Bruining. "Surgery in the Netherlands", Archives of Surgery 134 (1999) 92-98.

Middelkoop, Norbert, and Tom van der Molen. Amsterdam's glory: The Old Masters of the City of Amsterdam (Bussum: Thoth Publishers, 2009) 77.

White, Christophe. The Dutch pictures in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982).

Wurzbach, Alfred von. Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon: Auf Grund archivalischer Forschungen bearbeitet. 3 vols. (Vienna and Leipzig: Halm und Goldmann, 1906 - 1911), vol. 1.

RIdIM record id

1560