Giuseppe Ferrini
Giuseppe Ferrini (fl. 18th century) was a Florentine model-maker. He was commissioned by the Florentine surgeon and obstetrician Giuseppe Galletti (died 1819) to build a series of terracotta and wax obstetrical models for demonstrating different forms of childbirth to medical students, surgery students, and students at the School of Obstetrics.
Giuseppe Ferrini
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Giuseppe Ferrini (fl. 18th century) was a Florentine model-maker. He was commissioned by the Florentine surgeon and obstetrician Giuseppe Galletti (died 1819) to build a series of terracotta and wax obstetrical models for demonstrating different forms of childbirth to medical students, surgery students, and students at the School of Obstetrics.
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Ferrini worked in the renowned anatomical wax-modeling laboratory run by the abbot Felice Fontana (1730-1805). Grand Duke Peter Leopold (1747-1792) asked Fontana to set up the Museo di Fisica e di Storia Naturale of Florence.
Giuseppe Ferrini was a sculptor.
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