Honoré Fragonard
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Honoré Fragonard was a French anatomist, now remembered primarily for his remarkable collection of écorchés in the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort.
Horseman of the Apocalypse, an écorché of a horse and his rider, made between 1766 and 1771 by Honoré Fragonard.
Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
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The Musée Fragonard d'Alfort, often simply the Musée Fragonard, is a museum of anatomical oddities located within the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, in M
Honoré Fragonard
…13 June 1732 – 5 April 1799) was a French anatomist, now remembered primarily for his remarkable collection of écorchés (flayed figures) in the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort. Fragonard was born in Grasse as cousin to painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard. After studying surgery, in 1759 he obtained his license and in 1762 was…
Écorché of a horse and his rider by anatomist Honoré Fragonard, two of the cadavers on display at the museum