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Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body
Clemente Susini1776/1780
Science Museum
London, United Kingdom
An X-ray photograph of a wax anatomical model that was made in Italy in the 1770s. X-raying this object has shown us the extraordinary level of detail employed by Clemente Susini, the sculptor, when creating this wax model of the human circulatory system.
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- Title: Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body
- Creator: Clemente Susini
- Date Created: 1776/1780
- Location Created: Florence, Italy
- Rights: © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, Science Museum Group Collection, CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
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