The medical practitioner appearing as Christ when he arrives to treat the sick. Photograph of an engraving by Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 15.9 x 19.5 cm

[Hŏ theos]. Dum nigris ægrum prope mors circumvolat alis [...] tum vocat immensum me venerata deum ; H. Goltzius excud. a.o 87 Greek lettering in upper-case, centre of bottom margin; two couplets in Latin, one on each side of the Greek

F.W.H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts, vol. VII, Amsterdam [19--], p. 97, nos 7-10 (set of four)

Wellcome Collection 566163i

First of a series of four allegorical prints depicting the physician as God, angel, man and devil. Four other series on the same subject are also recorded: see C.E. Daniels, "Docteurs et malades", Janus, vol. 5, 1900, pp. 20-26