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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Bigot, Trophime (French painter, ca. 1579-1650) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to manner of Koninck, Salomon (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1609-1656) Previously attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker, 1606-1669) |
| Title | A Physician Examining a Flask of Urine |
| Alternative/previous titles | The Water Doctor |
| Date earliest | about 1650 |
| Date latest | possibly 1900 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 114 x 91 cm |
| Description | Of the scenes from everyday life depicted in seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art, it was the profession of medicine that was often chosen. In this scene, the doctor is shown examining a flask of urine, the ancient art of uroscopy, in order to obtain a diagnosis of the ailment. Although this work was acquired by Wellcome as being by the seventeenth-century Dutch artist, Rembrandt, it is no longer thought to be by him. The painting is in the manner of Trophime Bigot. |
| Subject | figure; interior; still life; everyday life |
| Collection | Wellcome Library |
| Current accession number | 44749i |
| Previous accession number(s) | CC 5579 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Henry Solomon Wellcome 1936. |
| Provenance | In the collection of E. Neave of Wyke, Gillingham, Dorset by 1919; sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 31 July 1919, lot 113 as The Water Doctor by 'Rembrandt', £42; in the collection of Henry Solomon Wellcome, 31 July 1933. |
| Notes | There is a Christie's stencil on the back '759CY'. The number '829' is on the reverse. David Jaffe of the National Gallery, London, thinks that the work is from the Rembrandt school. Works by Salomon Koninck at the Witt are similar in subject matter and pose but they are not by the same hand. |
| Rights status | (c) The Wellcome Trust |
| Author | Dr Madeleine Korn |
