Anatomical Venuses

An Ode to an Anatomical Venus: Waxing Poetic on the Uncanny Allure of 18th Century Dissectible Women

"Anatomical Venus," wax wodel with human hair and pearls in rosewood and Venetian glass case, "La Specola" (Museo di Storia Naturale), Florence, Italy; Probably modeled by Clemente Susini (around 1790) An essay from collector, photographer, artist, and friend of the Atlas Obscura, Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy about her love of the Wax Anatomical Venus.

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The original link describes the unsettling nature of this piece. Here are osme more links, though.

http://www.museopalazzopoggi.unibo.it/75/dettaglio_collezione/clementesusinisvenerinaanatomicalwaxmodel.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815948/