The Tooth Drawer, by Merisi Michelangelo known as Caravaggio, 1608 - 1609, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy. Tuscany. Florence. Palazzo Pitti. Palatine Gallery. Whole artwork. Group of very different figures of in the centre a charlatan extracts a tooth from a suffering man with blood on his mouth. to the right disturbing old hag with a nutcracker jaw and young man fascinated by the cruel spectacle. to the left a child stands at the table and three men observe the scene. The light illuminates a round wooden box, a ceramic jug and a glass flask