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Prints of the Female Reproductive Organs
In 1672, physician and anatomist Reinier de Graaf published his De mulierum organis about the female reproductive organs. The book contains detailed prints by Hendrik Bary, among them several of the vagina. De Graaf was the first to conclude that a foetus was the product not just of a man’s seed, but also of a woman’s egg. He discovered what he called blisters, which later became known as Graafian…
Contributors
- Graaf, Reinier de
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/31A223621
Type of item
- engraving
Contributors
- Graaf, Reinier de
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/31A223621
Type of item
- engraving
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1672
- 1672
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Places
- Leiden
- Leiden
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.2064
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.75518
- RP-P-BI-658
Extent
- height 140 mm
- width 80 mm
Format
- paper
- Paper
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: prenten
Is referenced by
- Hollstein Dutch 24
Year
- 1672
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T16:48:17.142Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:59:25.024Z