Gevoel 1689 - 1720

"Gevoel" (Feeling), an anonymous etching from the late 17th or early 18th century, depicts a man in a humorous scene at the dentist. The man is being held down by an assistant while the dentist attempts to pull a tooth. The text at the bottom of the print reads “Get Miefter hou ie hant, de duycker is dat woelen, Trock me iou foo een tant, Ty fout het me wel Voelen” and translates to “Hold the man's hand, the forceps are here, pull me out a tooth, you'll feel the pain.” This artwork, housed in the Rijksmuseum, is a small example of satirical printmaking from the Dutch Golden Age.