title: [A village fair. Beware of the travelling quack doctor].
abstract: What appears to be an image of a merry village fair is actually a warning against the practices of the travelling quack doctor. An iconological description reveals the hidden meaning of the imagery portrayed in a 17th-century genre painting.
authors.affiliation: jnkeeman@xs4all.nl
authors.forename: J N Hans
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Keeman
mesh_terms: D019024:Barber Surgeons / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*