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Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east...1791. Creator: Johannes Prey.

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Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical laboratory, 16 July 1791. From left to right, Apollo holding a bow, Aesculapius holding his rod in one hand and a poppy in the other, and Hippocrates, who holds a skull and a syringe, and has a garment inscribed with the proverb 'know thyself'. In the foreground, putti bring to the ancients a box of exotic materia medica of the kind brought back from Asia to Europe by the VOC (Dutch East-India Company). One of the items on the steps in the foreground is a book containing two prints by Jan L'Admiral which were published in books by well-known Dutch authors in the 1730s.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A24_234

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52,1Mo (3,0Mo) / 31,1cm x 42,0cm / 3668 x 4960 (300dpi)

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nature Europe job medical medicine historical religious flower flowers plant plants arts painting country religion symbol body bodies figure figures science art occupation museum knowledge color poppy poppies scene Greek pharmacy Apollo Greece deity deities gods God chemicals chemical depiction location century medicines doctor profession pharmaceutical cherub cherubs bone artwork concept mythology angelic mythological physician papaver putto femur laboratory equipment oil Painting Colour Papaveraceae Ancient Greece Greek mythology 18th century Ancient Greek cherubim Eighteenth Century culture history historic Aesculapius Asclepius Asklepios mythical figure putti Staff of Asclepius TGN Hippocrates oil sun god Hippocrates of Cos 1790s know thyself amorini Painting Heritage Art mythological figure Rod of Asclepius Staff of Aesculapius Wellcome Collection Johannes Prey Prey Johannes