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Prints of the Brain and the Heart
attributed to Jan l' Admiral, 1700 - 1750
Around 1735 Jan l’Admiral printed several remarkable anatomical prints in colour, among others on commission for the celebrated physician Frederik Ruysch. For his illustrations of the cerebral membrane (the skull of an unborn child) and a human heart he experimented with ever different colours, and made various versions of them. The objective was to provide medical practitioners with the most precise and realistic images possible.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1961-516
- Dimensionsheight 193 mm x width 227 mm
- Physical characteristicsmezzotint en ets in kleuren, pen in bruin, gedrukt van vijf platen (A, B, C, D en E); proefdruk