M0006831: An anatomical demonstration by Dr W. van der Meer

Previous title, replaced May 2020: "Anatomy of dr van der Meer" by M. & P. Mierevelt

Photograph of an oil painting on canvas by Michiel and Pieter van Mierevelt, depicting an anatomical demonstration held by W. van der Meer, 1617. 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 Tableaux [Painting] 11, La lecon d'anatomie du docteur W. van der Meer, in the exhibition catalogue. The original painting is held by the Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft.

1 May 1940

3 photographs sheet film negatives, photographic print; range in size from 9.1 x 11.8 cm to 17.5 x 12.5 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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.