An Anatomical Tableau
after Frederik Ruysch, early 18th c.
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 15% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyFrederik Ruysch, the great Dutch anatomist, arranged his preserved specimens into haunting allegorical still lifes — landscapes grown from arteries and stones, small figures set among them with handkerchiefs of tissue. His preservation technique was the wonder of Europe; Peter the Great bought the entire collection. Engraved for his *Thesaurus*, these tableaux are the vanitas tradition made literal: beauty, mortality, and wonder, entwined, by a man who could not stop composing.
- Maker
- after Frederik Ruysch
- Date
- early 18th c.
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Published Amsterdam · Wellcome Collection
- Credit
- Published Amsterdam · Wellcome Collection
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00944
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,200 x 3,013 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 47, lights 254 of 255; 4.5% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 478.99
- Notes
- Pure white on 5% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
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