M0006916: An anatomy lesson held by Professor Roell

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Study for Prof. Roell's Anatomy Lessons

Photograph of a pencil drawing by Cornelis Troost, of an anatomy lesson held by Professor Roell with a body to be dissected in the centre. This reproduction was made during the VI International Congress for the History of Medicine held in Leiden 1927 at the Exposition d'art Medico-Historique and is described as Dessin [Drawing] 54, Etude pour la lecon d'anatomie du Professeur Roëll, in the exhibition catalogue. The original drawing is held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1 May 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 18 x 13 cm

A copy of the exhibition catalogue has been digitised by the National library of the Netherlands Catalogue d'une collection d'art medico-historique.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.