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(Free with deluxe edition of Frederik Ruysch and His Thesaurus Anatomicus: A Morbid Guide)

So called “Artist of Death” Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731) was a Dutch anatomist, embalmer, botanist and physician. He is best remembered for his macabre, memento-mori-themed still-lives, in which he posed fetal skeletons as if alive in landscapes of human remains. He exhibited these in a museum he ran out of his Amsterdam home, along with his renowned embalmed specimens, celebrated for their lifelike nature. Famously, Peter the Great of Russia was so enchanted with one such specimen that he kissed it, before going on to purchase the entire collection.

Join us for a day-long symposium in celebration of our new book, Frederik Ruysch and His Thesaurus Anatomicus: A Morbid Guide, featuring illustrated lectures by the book’s contributors exploring the Dutch anatomist’s life and work.