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Il Cavadenti 4a
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L'Arracheur de Dents
The Tooth Puller
The Tooth Puller
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Undated, but believed to be c. 1780-1785. Engraving signed A.S. Sculpsit, believed to be the engraver Antonio Suntach. Image includes captions in Italian beneath the image that loosely translate. The painter of the original image was the Italian Francesco Maggiotto. The image depicts a man sitting on a makeshift stage, getting a tooth pulled by a man standing behind him. In the background, there is a monkey trying on a hat standing on a table and a picture of the dentist hanging the wall. Original piece measures 49 X 37 cm. From the Piperno collection.
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