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An engraved portrait of a man with a pointed beard in a window frame, his hand resting on a skull, a Latin name plate below
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Jan Jesenius

Physician, anatomist and rector of the university in Prague, who led the first public dissection in the city in 1600.

Made by
After an older portrait
Made
18th century
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).
The event: The Old Town Square execution →Source ↗

The skull under his hand is a physician’s sign. Jesenius performed the first public dissection in Prague in 1600 and later became rector of the university. He was fifty-five when he was executed.

An engraved portrait of a man with a pointed beard in a window frame, his hand resting on a skull, a Latin name plate below

The Old Town Square execution

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