The anatomical theatre, or “Amphiteatrum mobile” of the German Museum of Medical History in Ingolstadt (Anatomiestraße, 18–20) was installed in 1736, it was a wooden construction that granted an unobstructed view of the dissenting table from all sides.
The most notable extant detail of the room where the theatre was mounted is its fresco, painted in the 19th century by Melchior Buchner, it represent the Sapientia Dei, under her the Logica, with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, the cornerstone of all branches of knowledge; on its right Medicina with a rooster, while on her left Ceres (or Demetra). Two groups can be identified advancing towards the gate, under the Logica: on the right the disciplines associated with Medicine, led by the Grammatica, followed by Botany, Chemistry (or Pharmacy) recognisable by the mortar, Experimental Physics with an air pump, and Astronomy with a telescope; on the left the group of the twelve Months.
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