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Ontleding
des menschelyken lichaams...
Amsterdam,
1690. Copperplate engraving with etching. National Library of Medicine.
Govard
Bidloo
(1649-1713)
[anatomist]
Gérard
de Lairesse
(1640-1711)
[artist]
This stark dissection—with ragged flesh fully displayed and
hands bound with a cord—signals a commitment to a higher level
of realism. To our eyes, the picture may suggest a distressing indifference
to, or even pleasure in, human suffering.
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