Enrique simonet lombardo biography sampler
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Enrique Simonet — La Autopsia (1890). Public domain. Click on image to view full size.
Enrique Simonet Lombardo (February 2, 1866–April 20, 1927) was a Spanish painter.
The full title of the painting is Anatomía del Corazón; ¡Y Tenía Corazón!; La Autopsia (Anatomy of the Heart; And She Had a Heart!; Autopsy). Simonet painted it in Rome in 1890. Signature, location, and date are in the bottom left corner: E. Simonet / Roma 90.
Wow! She really did love me with all her heart.
Enrique Simonet — Detail from La Autopsia (1890). Public domain.
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Accustomed as we are to viewing bloody casualty simulations and surgical procedures on TV, Rembrandt’s Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp still strikes many modern viewers as a strange painting. In what at first appears to be another of his wonderful group portraits, said Dr Tulp is in the midst of dissecting a human forearm, still attached to its former user.
Another gruesome work, Enrique Simonet’s The Autopsy made that artist’s reputation at the Salon in 1895, and Thomas Eakins’ painting of surgery in The Agnew Clinic (1889) is recognised as one of his major works, although at the time controversial for its depiction of a nude woman.
There may seem little difference between depictions of anatomising, autopsies, and surgery, and reading around there appears to be a great deal of confusion between them, even among those who painted them. This article looks at some important works in this strange sub-genre, and how they might be read.
Anatomising
Rembrandt painted his Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp in 1632, a decade before his Night Watch. An early commission soon after his arrival in Amsterdam, it is unmistakeably a group portrait of distinguished members of the Surgeons’ Guild in their working environment. Most re