The Gross Clinic
Painting by Thomas Eakins / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gross Clinic or The Clinic of Dr. Gross is an 1875 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins. It is oil on canvas and measures 8 feet (240 cm) by 6.5 feet (200 cm).
The Gross Clinic | |
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Artist | Thomas Eakins |
Year | 1875 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Movement | Realism |
Dimensions | 240 cm × 200 cm (8 ft × 6.5 ft) |
Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts |
The painting depicts Dr. Samuel D. Gross, a seventy-year-old professor dressed in a black frock coat, lecturing a group of Jefferson Medical College students. Included among the group is a self-portrait of Eakins, who is seen at the right-hand side of the painting, next to the tunnel railing, with a white cuffed sleeve sketching or writing.[1] Seen over Dr. Gross's right shoulder is the clinic clerk, Dr. Franklin West, taking notes on the operation.
Eakins's signature is painted on the front of the surgical table.