A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares

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Title

A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares

Subject

the exposure of the 'man's' back in a feminized position, recalling greco-roman statuary and martyrdom

Description

1 print : etching ; platemark 31.8 x 23.3 cm
Lettering continues: "Allen staenden, leuten, die es am wenigsten glauben, Leuten, die von der Betrügerey leben, diesen ist die Ehr lichkeit, oder welches einerley ist, der Schein der Ehr lichkeit am unentbehrlichsten. Auf der 92 sten seite des vierten Theils Siche Antons Paussa von Mancha abhandlung von Sprüchwörtern."

Source

Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dfkssd3f

Collection

Citation

“A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/188.