This painting, titled Village Surgeon, is rich in layers and details. In the center of the image the surgeon, quite likely a barber-surgeon, scrapes carefully at the skin of his patient. In the background, a workbench is covered in instruments, two other figures examine potential remedies, a broom is knocked over as if to indicate haste, and a dog sits suspiciously at the feet of its master. This scene, typical of the time, is attributed to Johannes Natus, a Dutch genre painter who worked between 1658 and 1662 and specialized in landscapes and portrayals of rural life regarded to be reminiscent of Italian paintings.