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A Pregnant Female
A pregnant female, standing with one arm raised above her head: the top of the image shows the head, trunk and upper limbs, and the lower half depicts the lower limbs and the contents of the thorax and abdomen.
The Violinist
A group of working class patrons gather round a violinist to listen.
Gardeners
Two men gardening from Thomas Hill's The Gardener's Labyrinth
The Fruit Seller
A painting of a fruit seller, illustration a typical working class attire
Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
A portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.
The Ermine Portrait of Elizabeth I of England
A portrait of Elizabeth I in full decorative dress
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2)
A standing frigure in classical contrapposto, taken from the Vesalius medical text ' De humani corporis fabrica'.
The School of Venus, or the Ladies Delight Reduced into Rules of Practice
Early modern women shopping for dildos.
Dr Deijman's Anatomy Lesson
Rembrandt’s second anatomy lesson is a fragment of a group portrait. In 1723 most of the canvas was destroyed by fire. The remaining central section shows Dr Jan Deijman performing an autopsy on a dead man’s brains.
The Judgement of Paris
The 1638 version of Rubens' 'The Judgement of Paris' shows his version of idealised feminine beauty, with the goddesses Venus, Minerva and Juno on one side and Paris accompanied by Mercury on the other.