THE STRANGE ART OF FREDERICK RUYSCH

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It started with a tweet from Public Domain Review that really snagged my eyeballs.

I retweeted, got curious, and did some Googling—I mean investigating.

Turns out it's not an obscure proto-surrealist, but Frederick Ruysch, a 17thcentury Dutch anatomist who pioneered the preservation of bodies and parts by injecting them with liquid wax.

He made actual dioramas, and others drew them.

Ain't the social media wonderful?