A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.

  • Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Marie, 1714-1789.
Date:
1759
Reference:
26007i

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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