Anna Morandi Manzolini Her was self-portrait showing her dissecting a human brain was placed from 1776 in the anatomy museum of the Institute of Sciences in Palazzo Poggi alongside her wax bust of her husband Giovanni Manzolini. They were returned to the Poggi in 2000. – The title of Professor of Anatomy by the Institute of Bologna, 1756 – The added title of Modelatrice by the Institute of Bologna, 1760 – Honored by numerous heads of state – Emperor Joseph II of Austria bought one of her models and showed his appreciation of her skill and attainments – Catherine II of Russia invited
Écorché known as the “artist-anatomist” for the creation of a new science and the creative depiction to anatomy. Leonardo’s anatomical studies contributed to artistic exploration of the movement of the muscles, joints and bones. His goal was to analyze and understand the instruments behind the postures and gestures in the human body. The study of anatomical figures became popular among the medical academies across Europe around the 17th and 18th century, especially when there was a lack of bodies available for dissections. Medical students relied on these figures because they provided a good representation of what the anatomical model looks like.