M0006826: An anatomical demonstration by Frederik Ruysch

Previous title, replaced May 2020: An anatomical demonstration.

Photograph of an oil painting on canvas by Adriaan Backer, depicting an anatomical demonstration held by Frederik Ruysch, 1670. This reproduction was made during the VI International Congress for the History of Medicine held in Leiden 1927 at the Exposition d'art Medico-Historique and is described as Tableaux [Painting] 6, La lecon d'anatomie du Professeur Frederik Ruysch, in the exhibition catalogue. The original painting is held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 19th September 1929 (PHO 24).

1 May 1940

3 photographs sheet film negatives, photographic print; range in size from 8.8 x 11.7 cm to 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:PHO 24. A copy of the exhibition catalogue has been digitised by the National l

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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