Giovanni Manzolini to become a figure painter, Manzolini joined Ercole Lelli's studio at the age of 40 to learn the art of anatomical sculpture. He was made Lelli's assistant in 1743. Under Lelli, Manzolini was made chief assistant on the papal commission to make wax models for the Anatomy Museum of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute, holding this position for three years. He resigned in late 1746. He felt bitterly that Lelli had deprived him of recognition for his greater knowledge of anatomy and anatomical sculpture. After leaving Lelli, Manzolini opened his own studio for wax modelling and launched a
Richard Zander (anatomist) Richard Zander (anatomist) Richard Zander (18 July 1855, Königsberg – 28 October 1918, Königsberg) was a German anatomist. He was the father of surgeon Paul Zander (1884–1955). From 1876 he studied medicine at the University of Königsberg, where his influences were Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer and Ernst Neumann. He received his medical doctorate in 1881 and worked as an assistant at the institute of pathology in Halle and at the anatomical institute in Königsberg. In 1884 he obtained his habilitation for anatomy and in 1892 became an associate professor. In 1912 he was named an honorary full professor of anatomy