c. 1540
Portrait of an Elderly Physician
This man is identified as a physician by the caduceus, or staff, in his hand. The caduceus became a symbol of the medical profession because of its association with Asclepius, a legendary Greek physician and god of healing. This example is decorated with an olive branch and two intertwined snakes.
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