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C. Degen & Cie - Bandages
Frankurter Verbandstoff-Fabrik

Made in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

1902

Fernand Schultz-Wettel, German, 1872 - 1957

Color lithograph (poster)
Sheet: 24 x 17 3/4 inches (60.9 x 45.1 cm)

Currently not on view

1988-102-124

The William H. Helfand Collection, 1988

Label

The Degen company of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was a manufacturer of bandages and dressings, examples of which can be seen in this poster. The artist has composed the scene in the style of a religious painting, implying that the firm's products fulfilled more than routine commercial purposes.

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  • PublicationPicture of Health: Images of Medicine and Pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection

    The Degen company of Frankfurt was a manufacturer of bandages and dressings, examples of which can be seen in the poster. Schultz-Wettel has composed the scene in the style of a sacra conversazione (holy conversation) of Italian religious painting, implying that the firm's products possibly fulfilled more than routine commercial purposes. William H. Helfand, from The Picture of Health: Images of Medicine and Pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection (1991), p. 33.