Prints of the Brain and the Heart

Prints of the Brain and the Heart

RP-P-1961-513

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

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.

• print maker: attributed to Jan l' Admiral
• print maker: Jacob Christof Le Blon [rejected]

1700 - 1750

mezzotint in rood, gedrukt van één plaat (B)

height 191 mm x width 206 mm

Jan L'Admiral gebruikte voor de groep mezzotinten met het onderwerp 'Anatomische studie van een menselijk hart' vijf verschillende platen: A, B, C, D en E.

Public domain

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200133268