The Gross Clinic
| The Gross Clinic | |
|---|---|
| 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 Gross Clinic or The Clinic of Dr. Gross is an 1875 painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins. It is an oil on canvas and measures 8 feet (240 cm) by 6.5 feet (200 cm).
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 edge of the painting, next to the tunnel railing, with a white cuffed sleeve sketching or writing. Seen over Dr. Gross's right shoulder (on the left-hand side of the painting) is the clinic clerk, Dr. Franklin West, taking notes on the operation.
Eakins's signature is painted on the front of the surgical table.