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The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
- Date
- [1692]
- Reference
- 568147i
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Credit: The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
[Frankfurt an der Oder] : [Schrey] ; [Wiittenberg] : Meyer, [1692]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 16.5 x 13.1 cm
Lettering
Samuelis Strykii I.C. de iure sensuum dissertationes legales
Lettering note
The personifications of fame and deceit bear the lettering "Et fama fallax ... fallunt et oculi" (fame is deceptive ... and the eyes also deceive). The autopsy scene bears the lettering "Nusquam tuta fides" (trust is nowhere safe), apparently meaning that the people attending cannot be entirely confident in the findings of the senses
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 568147i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
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Location Status Access Closed stores