Giovanni Manzolini Anatomy. Manzolini produced many models. These included models of the sensory and vocal organs that he prepared for the Royal Society in London, nine anatomical models for the King of Sardinia, and an anatomical compendium of 46 wax parts and 125 colored clay parts. Many of the models made by the Manzolinis were purchased by Giovanni Antonio Galli (1708-1782) for use in his school for midwives, then bought by Pope Benedict XIV and assigned to the Bologna Istituto delle Scienze and housed in the Palazzo Poggi, where they can be seen today. Citations Sources Giovanni Manzolini Giovanni Manzolini (1700-1755) was
Anna Ruysch Willem van Aelst. Because Anna Ruysch rarely signed her work, there are fewer than ten paintings attributed to her with certainty. In 2007, a still life by Anna Ruysch sold at auction for £50,900. Anna Ruysch Anna Ruysch (baptized December 19, 1666, The Hague–buried January 7, 1741, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter. Anna Ruysch (sometimes called Anna Elisabeth Ruysch) was the daughter of Maria Post and Frederik Ruysch, a preeminent botanist and anatomist. She was the younger sister of painter Rachel Ruysch. When Anna was an infant the Ruysch family moved from The Hague to Amsterdam, where