Mal d'amour
Dublin Core
Title
Mal d'amour
Subject
A physician is holding a urine flask up to examine its contents as he takes the pulse of a woman patient sitting in a chair; a woman in the background casts a leering glance at the couple.
Description
1 print : 29 x 24 cm.
Creator
Netscher, Caspar, artist
Dou, Gerrit (Gérard), 1613-1675
Dou, Gerrit (Gérard), 1613-1675
Abstract
The iconography of taking a woman's pulse associated with love-longing, melancholy, 'mal d'amour'
Citation
Netscher, Caspar, artist
Dou, Gerrit (Gérard), 1613-1675, “Mal d'amour,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/234.