#ruysch

Rachel Ruysch — Vase with Flowers. details. circa 1700

rachel ruysch: details

Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop (detail), 1716. Oil on canvas, 48.5 × 39.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age //Art Gallery of New South Wales//

Preserved human arm injected with wax ( 1831- 1870) During a time where cadavers were a limited resource for dissections, an unknown scientist preserved sections of the body by injecting it with wax. Highlighting the vascular pathways for the network of blood vessels and preserving the structure, this allowed the body to be studied and used for longer periods of time. This process was later perfected by Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731), among other scientists. Ruysch was also an anatomical artist and museologist, his other works were referred to as “Rembrandts of anatomical preparation”. These Rembrandts consisted of embalmed preservations as well as tableaus of fetal skeletons and other body parts.

Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop (detail), 1716. Oil on canvas, 48.5 × 39.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop (detail), 1716. Oil on canvas, 48.5 × 39.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.