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Wax-modeling

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  • Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.
  • The base of the brain with part of the medulla oblongata, the blood vessels injected with wax, and the cerebellum (Table XII, figs 1-2), after Cowper in Ridley (1695); the foetal heart, the larynx and the viscera (Table XIII), after an etching by G. Vandergucht in Cheselden (1740) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • Muscles of the face and neck. Engraving, 1686.
  • A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • Wax model of the female generative organs, by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections by Faget. Engraving, 1749.
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Catalogue

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    Kermis of kennis : wassen beelden uit de Roca-collectie = De la foire au savoir : les moulages de cire de la Collection Roca = Circus or science : wax sculptures from the Roca collection / redactie Patrick Allegaert, Annemie Cailliau, Alexander Couckhuyt, Nele Vertriest.

    | Date: [2008]
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    Wax model of the female generative organs, by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections by Faget. Engraving, 1749.

    | Date: [1749] | Reference: 34247i
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    Lust und Abschreckung : Moulagen in der Geschlechtskrankheitenaufklärung / Lutz Sauerteig.

    Sauerteig, Lutz. | Date: 1992
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    A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.

    Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788. | Date: [1749] | Reference: 34198i
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    Wax models of the viscera, etc. by Jean-Joseph Sue père, after his own dissections. Engraving, 1749.

    | Date: [1749] | Reference: 34226i
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