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The Anatomy of Dr Frederick Ruysch

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This picture is after a painting in the Amsterdam Museum. On the right, Frederik Ruysch, in his capacity as Praelector Anatomiae to the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons, lifts the umbilical cord of a dead infant to demonstrate its connection between the infant's body and the placenta. On the extreme right, Ruysch's son holds one of Ruysch's mounted skeletons of a baby.

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

The Anatomy of Dr Frederick Ruysch

Date

1909–1910

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75 x W 91 cm

Accession number

44584i

Acquisition method

purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936

Work type

Painting

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