M0001830: Reproduction of an oil painting on canvas depicting Paracelsus (1493-1541) burning the books of the "fathers of medicine", 1526, by Ernest Board

Date:: 31 March 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/17/22

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        M0001830: Reproduction of an oil painting on canvas depicting Paracelsus (1493-1541) burning the books of the "fathers of medicine", 1526, by Ernest BoardWT/D/1/20/1/17/22

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M0001830: Reproduction of an oil painting on canvas depicting Paracelsus (1493-1541) burning the books of the "fathers of medicine", 1526, by Ernest Board. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Paracelsus: painting by Ernest Board

Description

Black and white reproduction of an oil painting on canvas by Ernest Board (1877-1934) depicting Paracelsus (1493-1541), also known as Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, burning the books of the "fathers of medicine" Galen and Avicenna. The event is thought to have occured at the University of Basel on 24 June 24 1527.

Publication/Creation

31 March 1931

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm photographic print; 15.8 x 11.3 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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