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Portraits of Lorenz Heister and Hendrik Ulhoorn
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Allegorical figures with laurel wreaths on their heads show the portraits of the German surgeon and professor Lorenz Heister and the Amsterdam surgeon Hendrik Ulhoorn. Ulhoorn translated and adapted Heister's book 'Heelkundige onderwyzingen' from German. At the top Fame blows the trumpet. Aesculapius, the god of health and medicine, holds an asclepius in one hand and shows the portrait of Ulhoorn with the other. On the left a putto with surgical instruments and a mirror with a snake, as a symbol of Prudence.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortretten van Lorenz Heister en Hendrik Ulhoorn. 1739. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
