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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)

Recto: The bladder. Verso: The lungs

c.1508

RCIN 919054

Though Leonardo now had much more access to human material, he continued to conduct animal dissections too. The subject here was probably a pig, with the proportions and orientation adjusted so that the lungs seem human at first glance.

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