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The anatomy lesson had an audience

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Other sources

  1. Facts rijksmuseum.nl
  2. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Theatrum anatomicum van Leidse Academie, 1609 (RP-P-1887-A-12041), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  3. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Het Theatrum Anatomicum te Leiden van binnen gezien (RP-P-AO-10-27C-1), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  4. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Titelpagina voor: Andreas Vesalius, Suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome, 1543 (RP-P-OB-21.608), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  5. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Interieur van het Theatrum Anatomicum in de Waag op de Nieuwmarkt te Amsterdam (RP-P-AO-25-19), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  6. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Anatomische les (RP-P-OB-115.178), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
An engraving of a round wooden theater packed with people on steep tiers, looking down at a body on a table in the centerSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
An engraving of the empty oval tiers of the Leiden theater, with human and animal skeletons standing on the rails and visitors walking aroundSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
A crowded woodcut title page: a body on a table in an arched hall, surrounded by dozens of onlookers, with a Latin title aboveSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
An engraving of a domed, many-sided room with a round dissection table at its center, framed by two carved figures in nichesSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
A small etching: a teacher at a table with a body, students crowding close, skeletons on top of a tall cabinet behind themSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record

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