Who painted Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist?

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist was painted by Johannes Lingelbach in 1651.

Where can I see Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist?

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist is held by Rijksmuseum.

What movement is Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist?

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist is associated with Dutch Golden Age.

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Museum-quality prints of Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist are available made-to-order from Artifact World Gallery.

Artwork

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist

Johannes Lingelbach , 1651

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Lingelbach. It dates from 1651 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

About this work

Overview

Johannes Lingelbach’s *Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist* (1651) depicts a bustling open‑air market in an Italian town. The composition is crowded with figures engaged in ordinary commerce, while a central column lies broken, and a street‑side practitioner appears to extract a tooth. The scene is rendered in oil on canvas and exemplifies the genre‑scene tradition of the Dutch Golden Age.

Subject & Meaning

The painting captures a slice of everyday life, juxtaposing routine market activity with an unusual medical spectacle. Vendors sell goods beneath a tent, laborers unload a stone‑laden cart, and townspeople mingle, while a figure performing a tooth‑pulling procedure draws attention to the informal, sometimes dubious, health practices common in public squares of the period.

Technique & Style

Lingelbach employs a muted palette and loose brushwork characteristic of the Bamboccianti, emphasizing atmospheric perspective and the warm, hazy sky. The broken column and crumbling façades are rendered with fine detail, creating depth, while the crowd is suggested through broader strokes, balancing realism with a lively, almost theatrical composition.

History & Provenance

Created in 1651, the work reflects Lingelbach’s Dutch background and his interest in Italian genre scenes. It entered the Rijksmuseum’s collection, where it remains part of the museum’s holdings of 17th‑century Dutch painting, illustrating the cross‑cultural influences that shaped the artist’s oeuvre.

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Artist

Johannes Lingelbach

Johannes (or Johann) Lingelbach (1622 – 3 November 1674) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, associated with the second generation of Bambocciate, a group of genre painters working in Rome from 1625–1700.