The birth of the Antichrist from a dying woman via a Caesarean operation. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1475.

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[1933]
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16938i
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The birth of the Antichrist from a dying woman via a Caesarean operation. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1475. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The dying mother's soul personified as a tiny human being escapes through her mouth only to be captured by a grimacing demon

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1933]

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1 photomechanical reproduction ; image 10.7 x 12.8 cm

Lettering

La naissance de l'Antechrist. ... Lettering continues: "Gravure sur bois tirée d'un livre populaire allemand publié en 1475 et intitulé Der Entchrist. - Une sage-femme extrait, par une opération césarienne, l'enfant qui sera l'Antechrist. L'âme de la mére expirante s'échappe de sa bouche sous la forme d'un petit personnage dont s'empare un démon grimącant."

References note

H. Speert, Iconographia gyniatrica - a pictorial history of gynecololgy and obstetrics, Philadelphia 1973, Ch. 11, p.305

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Wellcome Collection 16938i

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