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
Anatomical fugitive sheet as Edward William Tuson's ""A supplement to myology"", (London 1828), Gustave Joseph Witkowski's ""Anatomie iconoclastique"" (Paris 1874-1876) and Étienne Rabaud's ""Anatomie élémentaire du corps humain"" (Paris 1900). More recently Jonathan Miller's pop-up book ""The human body"" (London 1983), employed the same principle. Anatomical fugitive sheet Anatomical fugitive sheets are illustrations of the human body specially created to display internal organs and structures. Hinged flaps enable the viewer to see a body as if in various stages of dissection. They appeared for the first time in the 16th century and became popular as instructional aids. The parts were labelled, making it