Anatomy and physiology of the human body with details of the eye, ear, and abdominal cavity during pregnancy
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Portrait of Johann Remmelin at the bottom left on the pedestal and a vignette with a siren, his family coat of arms, on the right. At the top, a cloud surrounded by cherubs with 'Yahweh' in Hebrew in the center on the flap. The figures on the pedestals consist of superimposed prints with specific physiological details: from muscles to blood circulation and skeleton. Behind the flap with the face of the devil (as Medusa), a heavily pregnant torso is visible. This also consists of several superimposed prints with anatomical details of skin and bladder, to uterus with baby and back wall of the abdominal cavity. The eye and ear at the top left and right, and centrally a throat and heart are also flaps. Text in Latin on ribbons throughout the composition, with exceptions in Greek and Hebrew, mostly referring to biblical texts but some to Ovidius' 'Metamorphoses'. At anatomical details, letters refer to a missing explanatory legend.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSimilar works
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A Survey of the Microcosme or the Anatomie of the Bodies of Man and Woman wherein the Skin, Veins, Nerves, Muscles, Bones, Sinews and Ligaments Thereof are Accurately Delineated, and so Disposed by Pasting, as that Each Part of the Said Bodies Both Inward and Outward are Exactly Represented. Useful