Natural history preparations
Date
1710
Creator
Joseph Mulder (1659 - 1718, Dutch) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
RCN61717
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two marine preparations by Frederick Ruysch presented in jars with lids decorated with seaweed, coral and dried fishes. Figure 1 (left) shows a wet preparation of a squid (Loligo) with Figure 2 (centre) shows a pipefish Syngnathus acus. Figure 3 shows a wet preparation of a fish referred to here as Perca amboinensis.
Plate 2 from the book Thesaurus animalium primus, by Frederick Ruysch (Joannem Wolters, Amsterdam, 1710).
The illustration is inscribed above ‘TAB.II’
Frederik Ruysch created a cabinet of curiosities in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 1690s. It contained both human and animal specimens and was renowned for the imaginative presentations which blurred boundaries between science and art. The collection was purchased by Peter the Great of Russia in 1717 and transferred to St Petersburg.
Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731), Dutch botanist and anatomist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1715.
Plate 2 from the book Thesaurus animalium primus, by Frederick Ruysch (Joannem Wolters, Amsterdam, 1710).
The illustration is inscribed above ‘TAB.II’
Frederik Ruysch created a cabinet of curiosities in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 1690s. It contained both human and animal specimens and was renowned for the imaginative presentations which blurred boundaries between science and art. The collection was purchased by Peter the Great of Russia in 1717 and transferred to St Petersburg.
Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731), Dutch botanist and anatomist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1715.
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