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Thomas Bartholin

1616-10-20 – 1680-12-04

IdentificatieTitel(s): Portret van Thomas BartholinusObjecttype: prent boekillustratie Objectnummer: RP-P-OB-60.701Catalogusreferentie: Hollstein Dutch 61Opschriften / Merken: onderschrift, midden onder, gegraveerd: ‘THOMAS BARTHOLINUS, Casp. Fil. D. MED. et ANATOM. IN ACADEM. HAFNIENSI PROFESS. REGIUS. Aetatis 35. Ao 1651.’signatuur, linksonder en rechtsonder, gegraveerd: ‘Carl van Mander pinxit. Ionas Suiderhoef sculpsit.’verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240Omschrijving: Portret van Thomas Bartholinus, Deens arts en anatoom, op 35-jarige leeftijd. Onderaan in de marge een drieregelige tekst in het Latijn.VervaardigingVervaardiger: prentmaker: Jonas Suyderhoef (vermeld op object), naar schilderij van: Karel van Mander (vermeld op object)Plaats vervaardiging: HaarlemDatering: 1651Fysieke kenmerken: gravureMateriaal: papier Techniek: graveren (drukprocedé)Afmetingen: blad: h 145 mm × b 93 mmToelichtingPrent uit: Bartholin, Thomas. Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini parentis Institutionibus (...) reformata. Leiden: Franciscus Hackius, 1651.OnderwerpWat: physician, doctorWie: Thomas BartholinusVerwerving en rechtenVerwerving: overdracht van beheer 1816Copyright: Publiek domeinCredit: Rijksmuseum

Life & Legacy

Thomas Bartholin (; Latinized as Thomas Bartholinus; 20 October 1616 – 4 December 1680) was a Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He discovered the lymphatic system in humans and advanced the theory of refrigeration anesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically.
Thomas Bartholin came from a family that has become famous for its pioneering scientists, twelve of whom became professors at the University of Copenhagen. Three generations of the Bartholin family made significant contributions to anatomical science and medicine in the 17th and 18th centuries: Thomas Bartholin's father, Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629), his brother Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698), and his son Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738). Thomas Bartholin's son Thomas Bartholin the Younger (1659–1690) became a professor of history at the University of Copenhagen and was later appointed royal antiquarian and secretary to the Royal Archives.