Realdo Matteo Colombo (1515–1559)
Realdo Matteo Colombo (1515–1559)

Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio (post-conservation image) & National Trust Images (pre-conservation image)

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This artwork is shown both post-conservation and pre-conservation. The painting depicts an organ, which has been tentatively identified as a heart. The structures are likely to be the chordae tendinae, fibrous often-forked cords connecting the papillary muscles to the mitral and tricuspid valves.
Title

Realdo Matteo Colombo (1515–1559)

Date

1530–1569

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 89 x W 71 cm

Accession number

1298173

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton, with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park

Work type

Painting

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