Clemente Susini and Giuseppe Ferrini (Ceroplastic workshop of the Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History), “Venus” recumbent female statue, 1782. Decomposable polychrome wax model Anatomical wax collection, Obstetrics Room, case no. 968 “La Specola” Museum, Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence SMA, Sistema Museale dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze © ph. Aurelio Amendola. Courtesy Fondazione Prada, Milano
Ceroplastic workshop of the Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History, Recumbent female statue showing the lymphatic vessels, Late 18th century. Polychrome wax model Anatomical wax collection, Room XXIX, case no. 746 “La Specola” Museum, Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence SMA, Sistema Museale dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze © ph. Aurelio Amendola. Courtesy Fondazione Prada
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Cere anatomiche: La Specola di Firenze
A selection of 18th century anatomical waxworks from La Specola museum combined with a short movie by David Cronenberg explore themes such as the fascination with the human body and its potential mutations and contaminations.